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Chu Heng looked at the book case that Mu Xiyun brought along with him, and asked, "What is this?"

Mu Xiyun opened it, casually took out a scroll from inside and handed it to him, saying, "The scroll that Enke test-takers threw under the gate of Lishan Mountain."

"Executive scroll?" Chu Heng frowned, opened the scroll and glanced at the Cifu articles on it, and said, "Shouldn't this thing be submitted to the Ministry of Rites?"

Mu Xiyun looked at him with a smile: "In terms of rules, it should be like this."

——But how can it be enough to just contribute to the Ministry of Rites!

Since Emperor Lie opened the imperial examinations, it has been only a few short decades, and it has been changed or changed in the middle. It once existed in name only when the Empress Dowager was in charge of the court, and it was not picked up again until His Majesty took charge.

The imperial examinations were difficult for the emperor, and it was also difficult for the poor students who benefited from the imperial examinations. As soon as the imperial examinations were opened, the children of the direct descendants of the major aristocratic families still entered the official ranks, and the core did not change. Let's take part in the exams together; and before the poor families wanted to enter the Tianzi Hall, they had to devote themselves to the families of various aristocratic families first, so as to have the opportunity to become an official of the middle and upper ranks. Now that there is an imperial examination, it's just a matter of passing the exam--this is why How easy is it to shake the foundation of the family?

The emperor has the consideration of the emperor, and the family also has the interests of the family. They constrain each other and take a step back, so the imperial examinations are held, but the papers are not vague.

Then there is the "examination paper" - when the chief examiner judges the ranking, in addition to reading the examination paper, he has the right to refer to the students' daily works and talent reputation.Therefore, before the Imperial Metropolis Examination, candidates should write scrolls of their best works on weekdays and submit them to the Ministry of Rites who presided over the examination.

Where there is public affairs, there are private affairs, and what Chu Heng holds now is the "private paper".

"Although Lishan's direct lineage is not in the imperial capital, many members of the Ye clan serve in the court. You have seen them come to Luyuan to give festival gifts a few years ago." Mu Xiyun said, "Our Lishan originally lived in Dayin. The top sixteen families, regardless of the chief and deputy examiners of Enke, at least there must be a seat in Lishan among the same examiners. In addition, in accordance with the national law, there are two Mahayana places in Lishan, and two more seats. Therefore, students in Ningzhou who want to be recommended for the exam should take the test paper It’s all here.”

In the nine states of the world, except for Zhongzhou, which has no division of power under the emperor's feet, all other states have "mountain tops" that students can worship - Shuozhou is the Gu family in the north; Jingzhou has the Cisui Xie family; Ningzhou has the Lishan Ye family ; Qingzhou Yanhe Shen family; Yuezhou Bokang Lin family, Yuling Rong family; Wanzhou Danchuan Yan family, Wangxi Duan family; Yunzhou Cangwu Fang family; Changzhou is the most special, rich and powerful, ten cities Can't wait for Bachu to belong to the aristocratic family, Xiao Su, Han Zhouwen, especially the first three, Xiao Hou is sure to be the deputy examiner, Su Gong is the auxiliary minister handpicked by the late emperor, the emperor's arm, and the old Duke of the Han family has a "scholar" Needless to say, Yuyang is a pilgrimage site for scholars.

Here, Gu, Xie, and Lishan are the best to worship. The first two belong to military families, and the offspring of the clan rarely have scientific examinations, so there is no need to leave too much room for sponsoring poor families from outside.Lishan is similar—compared to another clan in Ningzhou, the Zhongli Chu clan, which has many branches and everyone wants to be an official. Lishan’s direct lineage is far away from the court of the imperial capital, and they don’t have much contact with other aristocratic families. They don’t have so many human relationships to talk about, and they only need to recommend them based on their knowledge level and the quality of their articles. Therefore, students from poor families who think they are talented in Ningzhou love to go to Lishan. Ye's disciples contributed line rolls. ①

"The scrolls of these articles used to be read by your uncle Qi. This year, you will be the one to decide. The three fellow examiners in Lishan will leave one for the clan's ruler, and you and your master will be the ones. For the two seats you won, you can figure it out." Mu Xiyun said.

Chu Heng nodded, his eyes fell on the scroll in his hand, a thin piece of paper carried a person's future and destiny.Most of the examiners who decide the rankings of the test are from various aristocratic families. Unless they have the arrogance of "seeing all mountains and small ones", how can those ordinary and outstanding people want to get a good reputation just "handling the official papers" to the Ministry of Rites? Woolen cloth?

Anyone who can find some way must worship the mountain first.Wherever a person goes out from the mountain, he will owe a kindness to the "mountain" when he enters the imperial examination and ranks in the future. No matter where he goes, he will have to pay it back-this is the connection of the family.That's why the major aristocratic families have to do their best to compete for the places of master, deputy, and co-examiner.

Those who can make scrolls in his hands are considered lucky, and a lot of people outside don't even have the means to contribute.Their surnames are neither Ye nor Chu, if they want to get ahead, they have to put in ten times the effort of the children of the aristocratic family and learn ten times better.

But even if it is so difficult, it has been calculated.In the past, when discussing the merits of an official, one had to talk about one's family background, and if the poor family wanted to stand out, one had to repay not only the "favor of knowing one's encounter", but one would be branded upon whichever family one took refuge in, almost a lifetime of allegiance.Now that there is an imperial examination, there is always a way to go, good or bad.

——It's just a long way to go.

Chu Heng looked at the theory in his hand. It was written by a student surnamed Wu in Ningzhou.He is also courageous enough to present poems and prose in all his papers, lest he offend the master's taboo, but he is good enough to directly invest in policy discussions, discussing political affairs and discussing current problems.

After reading one by one, the whole afternoon passed without knowing it.After the spring search ended in the evening, Ling Ye came back from the front, saw a pile of scrolls on the desk, glanced at them, and said casually, "Your master gave you all the scrolls under the Lishan Gate?"

"Yeah." Chu Heng responded, "I can't go out now, and I'm free when I'm idle." Chu Heng took out a few scrolls and handed them to Ling Ye, "The articles of these people are not bad, especially this one named Wu I don't know, it's extremely rare to have a policy that is incisive and well-founded, but..."

"Strategy theory?" Ling Ye was slightly surprised when he heard the words, took it and scanned it again, with the corner of his lips lightly drawn, he took his words and said, "It's just that you don't know the world and don't need to sharpen it. , this policy theory is lucky, if you cast it here in Lishan, if you change your family, you may be suppressed. Although such a person has great talent, he is too thoughtful and difficult to control. He is not recommended by the family, and it is not enough. To please Shangfeng."

It's hard to control is not obedient enough, Chu Heng raised his eyebrows, isn't there only one in court?It just so happens that they also came up through the imperial examination—among the courtiers of Emperor Xuanxi, I am afraid that no one can be more obedient than Shang Shuling Yan Mao?

But for such an unpleasant prime minister, not only is Emperor Xuanxi not in a hurry to take power, but he seems to plan to continue to use it—whether he can't take it or doesn't want to take it...the difference is huge.

Ling Ye felt Chu Heng's staring gaze, couldn't help but look down at himself, and asked, "What are you staring at me for?"

With a half-smile, Chu Heng said leisurely, "Look at how many little things our Majesty has in his heart."

Ling Ye heard the words funny, raised the corners of his lips, spread his arms, and said, "Hey, let's see."

Chu Heng smiled, put down the scroll and took a step forward, reached out and touched Ling Ye's heart, then shook his head seriously, and said with a smile: "The heart of an emperor is deep in the sea, so you can't feel it."

Why does this sound so wrong?Ling Ye gritted his teeth lightly, put down the scroll, put his arms around Chu Heng's waist and took it to the couch.After regaining consciousness, Chu Heng had already sat on his lap, which was an extremely prone to "accident" posture, Chu Heng was startled, and was about to get up in a hurry: "Don't make trouble, stay away from me, turn around I'll give you the sickness."

Ling Ye held him down with one hand, picked up the round porcelain box of crabapple flowers on the couch table next to him with the other, motioned Chu Heng to bow his head, picked up the writing brush on the shelf, and said, "When I came back from the hunting ground in the afternoon, I saw your master, she said I brought you some medicine for external application, as well as a medicine bath prescription, I’ll soak it in food later.”

"Hmm." The cool ointment was applied to the face, and a familiar fragrance lingered on the tip of the nose. Chu Heng's brows darkened, and his hands holding Ling Ye's clothes tightened slightly.

The slight changes in his emotions caught Ling Ye's eyes, and the medicine that was not rumored in Lishan was supposed to be formulated by the late Qingsang Pavilion Master...

He is Chu Heng's brother and father's most respected little uncle.

So it was also a knot in Dongjun Ji Wuyue's heart that couldn't be solved.

After quietly applying the medicine, Chu Heng got off Ling Ye.As the time approached Xu Shi, it was dark outside, and it was time for dinner.Chu Heng got up late in the morning, they didn't have a meal, there was a royal banquet before noon and Ling Ye didn't come back, what about this meal in the evening... Gao Bandit entered the palace to ask for instructions on the meal, and before Ling Ye could say "biography", Chu Heng Even though he had chickenpox before, Chu Heng still didn't dare to be careless.

But who knew that Ling Ye didn't follow, he had chickenpox, he had to avoid food, this one was forbidden, the last thing that could be put on the table was clear soup with little water, Chu Heng had a picky taste, although the dishes didn't suit his liking, even though he wouldn't say anything, But it must have picked two chopsticks and put it down.

If Ling Ye wasn't here, no one could control him, so of course he couldn't leave, "You are really domineering and unreasonable, no matter how you say this bedroom is half as good as mine, right?"

Chu Heng was so angry that he was speechless, this person was not sick but he didn't want to go out, so he couldn't be allowed to "disaster" other palaces in Diyuan with chickenpox, right?

No one could hold back anyone, and even got angry, so in the end, a table was divided into the Chu River and Han boundary, and the majesty had the east side, and the queen had the west side, and no one was allowed to touch anyone.

With this example, in the future, the two quarreled and quarreled, eating like this, and they didn't know what they were trying to do, probably because they wanted to eat each other's angry faces.

After dinner, the servants set up a bathtub, Chu Heng took a medicinal bath, Ling Ye tied his hair, and sat beside the lamp to look through the few student papers he had picked out earlier.The warm fragrance lingered in the hall, and the servants all retreated out. Chu Heng lay down beside the barrel and asked, "What do you want your Majesty to arrange for the two fellow examiners?"

This is about the quota of Lishan Mountain. Ling Ye looked up at Chu Heng, smiled lightly, and said, "Balance."

The forces in the DPRK and China are ebb and flow, and those in power are strategizing, but these two words.

"It's very difficult to push forward the imperial examination." Chu Heng said.

Ling Ye nodded, and tapped on the hearty policy theory in his hand: "But if it is done, more 'Wu I don't know' will stop relying on luck."

——So I will search up and down.

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①The practice of the Chu family is also the practice of most aristocratic families. It is understandable that sponsors always focus on the children of the same surname of the clan.Don't pay too much attention to the aristocratic families that appear in the article, it's just that there are so many hills.

②The Imperial Examination Line, the Shen Dai Line, and the heart knot of Shanhua are intertwined. According to visual inspection, there are about ten chapters, but it will not be very long.