Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1693 February
After entering February, the scholars running around in the streets gradually disappeared.

They nestled in temporary rented houses, studying for homework and preparing for exams.

This year's imperial examination is scheduled for the end of February, and the results will be released at the beginning of March at the latest, when everyone's fate will be revealed.

After the exam, because the sage is in Beijing, it is very likely that there will be another palace exam, which will be around the beginning of March.

There are a total of 190 places for Jinshi, agriculture, mathematics, and Mingfa, and thousands of people will compete for them.And the so-called thousands of people are all elites from various states. They have no skills, and they can't pass the assessments at the county and state levels, let alone come to the capital.

This is a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops vying for the first place. Under the bridge is the raging waves. I don’t know how many people’s youthful dreams and joys and sorrows have been buried.

The miracle of the five veterans list is one that cannot be repeated.A lot of people with white beards came to participate in the scientific examination, just because of the obsession in their hearts.From a teenage boy to an old man, the sunk cost is too high.

But then again, after so many wars at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations are no longer so popular.This point was not slowly recovered until the founding of the Great Xia, and the imperial examination became popular again.But after such a reform by the sage, everyone was very confused, and their enthusiasm decreased again—mainly aimed at the students of Jinshi.

But the test still has to be tested.What else do they do besides exams?They don't know how to farm, fight, or do business. They have already been specialized because of the imperial examination. Except for the Confucian classics, their abilities in other aspects have been infinitely degraded.

Uh, well, in fact, even the classics they are good at have been changed now...

In the exam on February 27, a large number of content from the three chapters of "Zhi Zhi" appeared in Tie Jing and Mo Yi.

"Zhizhi" is only the Chinese Classic, but the titles are almost as good as those of the Great Classic, or even surpassed.

This made many people lament.

Yes, they have made some preparations, knowing that this year's exam will take "Zhizhi", but they have spent the first half of their life on the nine seriousness, and it is normal for them to be unable to turn around for a while.What's more, some people actually still have a vague resistance in their hearts.

This is to die.

I told you that you have to take the three chapters of "Zhizhi", and you still have resistance in your heart, but you still come to take the imperial examination in a ridiculous way. If you don't die, who will die?The tide of the times is overwhelming, some people become wavers, and some people are drawn into the bottom of the water, which is normal.

The scientific examination that lasted for several days passed quickly, and on the fourth day of March, the Ministry of Rites announced the list.

Everyone squeezed past, scanning up and down, not letting go of any corner.

Surrounded by people, Han Zhaoyin came out beaming.

He - high school!

"congratulations!"

"Brother Han ascended to the sky in one step, which is very enviable."

"Has Mr. Han Lang married a wife?"

"It doesn't matter if you marry a wife, you can divorce your wife and marry again."

"If you get a good ranking in the palace examination, you can be a sixth or seventh rank official at the beginning."

"Brother Han, don't forget the poor and humble friends."

Amidst the quarrel, Han Zhaoyin returned to the small courtyard he rented, full of emotion.

Three years ago, it was also in this courtyard that he, Yelu Quanzhong and Lu Qi had a chat over wine.

That time, Yelu Quanzhong passed the agricultural exam and went out to be an official.

Lu Qi didn't pass the exam, so he went to Tingzhou to become a Doctor of Ninth Grade Confucianism.

Only I returned to my hometown empty-handed, without getting anything.

He couldn't forget the disappointed eyes of the clan elders, and the caring care of his wife with a forced smile.The huge pressure forced him to almost give up the imperial examination and go to the Yamen to be a petty official.

Fortunately, everything is over.

In the exam three years later, he swept away the haze and won the gold list.

The scholar who rented together came to say goodbye in despair.

Han Zhaoyin didn't know how to comfort him, the two sat together, stewed spring bamboo shoots with yellow sprouts, drank two cups of wine, and then parted ways.

When it was getting dark, Han Zhaoyin sat quietly in the yard, too lazy to clean up the messy cups and plates.

Three years ago, he ate yellow sprouts all winter.

This time in winter, he was accompanied by yellow sprouts and turnips, and occasionally went to the market to buy some meat or scallops and came back with wine to improve his life.

Over the past few years, he has become more and more fond of yellow sprouts.

Not only because it is a rare fresh vegetable in winter, but also because it is one of the symbols of the elegant government of the new dynasty.

Han Zhaoyin knew very well that being able to pass the Jinshi examination this time has a lot to do with his frantic study of "Zhizhi".

The amount of questions is too great!

From gold and silver to legal currency, from trade to business tax, from population to land, and from climate to harvest... everything is included, involving all aspects, which made him feel elated and called it wonderful.

The most amazing thing is that this year I didn't take the poetry and fu exams, and I don't know what happened if I didn't get it.But it doesn't matter, his level of poetry is not bad, and he is not afraid of taking the test or not.

There is no doubt that he can succeed this year because he made the right moves.Therefore, he has a good impression of the new government.

Other people who passed the exam should have the same feeling, right?
The sage is really powerful. Without moving his face, he not only consolidated the position of the miscellaneous subjects, but also expanded the number of recruits, and even the Jinshi subjects gradually penetrated.

After a few more exams like this, many things will change beyond recognition.

Of course, this does not mean that Han Zhaoyin denies new learning, in fact, he supports him.

After reading it day and night for three full years, don't tell me, he really approved the theory in the book by accident.In fact, it's normal to think about it. For more than a thousand days, from morning to night, I have to take a period of time to read "Zhi Zhi" every day, and I feel that people are stunned by reading...

This is what the saint wants, right?Alas, it can only be said that the old man succeeded.Year after year, he cultivated scholars who recognized his theories, and then mass-produced officials who supported the New Deal through the imperial examination.

who cares!Han Zhaoyin picked up the wine cup, drank the last sip of the remaining wine, and smashed it twice.

Beautiful, so beautiful!

If you want to continue to be beautiful in the future, and continue to be beautiful, you must continue to move closer to the elegant government of the new dynasty on the way of being an official.

This is Han Zhaoyin's perception.

It's no good fighting against a saint.

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Kong Guangsi came to Luoyang in a hurry and lived in the post house.

After lunch, he opened the window facing the street and watched the bustling crowd on the street.

He knew that his reputation among scholars was bad and a bit stinky.Because he wrote a few articles praising the elegant government of the new dynasty, although no one pointed his nose at him and scolded him, he knew that yin and yang eccentricities were indispensable.

But the world is like this, what can he do?
Today, this person, in his twilight years, has become more and more terrifying.A few years ago, Jiangnan committed serious crimes, how many big families were wiped out, and the whole family went to Liaodong?Those warriors and dog officials became cruel and cruel, and they were even more terrifying than Wang Bian back then—fortunately, in the first lunar month, that old warrior Wang Bian didn't survive the cold winter and kicked his legs to death.

Having done evil all his life, he was so rich that his children and grandchildren gathered in front of his bed before he died, making him pass away with a smile on his face...

This world can't get any better.

Kong Guangsi felt that he could not change anything, so it was better to follow the general trend.

Of course, he felt that he still had a bottom line.

Today, Confucianism has not been wiped out, Jinshi is still the most important discipline, but the status of miscellaneous studies has only been elevated.In such a situation, he felt that there was no need to fight the saints to the end, not to mention that they had no capital to fight.

The martial artist becomes arrogant, who cares who you are?When Zhu Jin was the governor of the Taining Army, how much property and land was extorted from the Kong family?How much tax did you pay?Even the servants and servants who have served the family for several lifetimes were enlisted in the Latin army to fight in the army. Is there any reason for that?

Compared with Zhu Jin and others, it is reasonable today.

"Ah!" Kong Guangsi sat back at the table after reluctantly looking at the bustling street scene for a while, and drank the wine.

He is about to enter the palace to face the saint, and after the face-to-face, he will go west to Persia.

Whenever he thinks about it, he feels unreal.

The Confucius family has been passed down for more than a thousand years, so it seems that no one has traveled far to the Western Regions, right?Although he is still young, how many years does it take to visit Persia?Will it be unacceptable and die in a foreign country?

Kong Guangsi didn't dare to think about it, but he didn't dare to refuse either.

The middle official who passed the imperial edict made it very clear that he was asked to go to Persia to promote Confucianism and law, and to debate the scriptures with the "great Confucianists" in Persia, so that they could know the background of China's famous religion that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Leaving a big spectrum!
Persians will listen to this?Can they appreciate this?It’s not that Confucianism is bad, it’s just that the Persians can’t learn it.People are still not acclimatized. Confucianism and law have gone to places where there is no foundation, and it is difficult to be recognized by others, let alone passed on.

But the sage has a sense of self-confidence, thinking that after Persia's consecutive defeats, he will feel that everything in the Central Plains is good, and he will learn blindly.

This - alas!

But in his heart, it did give him a little more confidence.

When the former Tang Dynasty attacked the Western Regions, those countries didn't recognize you at first, and raised their troops against you, extremely fierce.But after being defeated, he began to eagerly absorb the Central Plains culture.

For example, in the Kingdom of Khotan, in addition to the dominant Buddhist school, Confucianism is also very popular, and there are many rich families and children of officials who study Confucianism.

Another example is Bohai State.Although Su Mo Mohe was not a savage, he was not very civilized.But after realizing the strong national power and prosperous culture of the former Tang Dynasty, it was fully sinicized, Confucian scholars went everywhere, talked about the way of Confucius and Mencius, and kept silent about righteousness. It gradually became a prosperous country in Haidong, similar to China.

Persia, maybe it can do the same?

Thinking of this verse, Kong Guangsi became a little eager, and couldn't help drinking two more glasses.

Anyway, just go over there and have a look.

How could it be possible that the culture of China, which has been passed down for more than a thousand years, is poor?I heard that Persia is also a prosperous country in the Western Regions. The Chinese Dynasty had already established a dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period. It had grammar, knowledge, outstanding people, and talents.

At that time, future generations may mention his name, Kong Guangsi, and it will be considered as immortal, beautiful!

After drinking, Kong Guangsi closed his eyes and thought about how to talk to the Persian scholars about the concept of "rituals and music" after arriving in Bukhara.

(End of this chapter)