Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Wang Jun did not answer Wang Chengwei immediately, but he still agreed to visit several workshops with Wang Chengwei.

The news that the imperial court was preparing to open the imperial examination again spread to various state capitals.

It has been three years since the imperial court opened a course to obtain a scholar.

During the Kaiyuan period, it was known as the prosperous age, and the imperial court opened courses to recruit scholars almost every year.

There were not many officials in the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty, and many candidates who passed the Jinshi examination had no officials to confer.

During the Tianbao period, the number of examinations was reduced, but the scholars who passed the imperial examinations during the Kaiyuan period had not yet been digested. New subjects and old scholars competed for official positions, which made the court even more chaotic.

The corruption of the imperial court's officials had already begun during the Tianbao period.

A large number of talents cannot pass the imperial examination, even if one or two pass the imperial examination, because there is no money to manage officials from the Ministry of Officials, they cannot pass the official selection examination of the Ministry of Officials.

And those sons of aristocratic families, or scholars who have attached themselves to powerful officials such as Jiedushi, can directly obtain official positions through the recommendation of the ministers of the court or the Jiedushi.

Giving and accepting bribes is a common practice in the court, and those who become officials through bribery will naturally search for places after they take office.

And when they become dignitaries in the imperial court, they will follow suit.

The ethos of selecting scholars based on their talents inherited from the early years of the Tang Dynasty disappeared.

This is why poets like Li Bai and Du Fu still write poems to flatter court ministers.

The children of poor families have no way out, so they can only turn to the feudal town.

For example, Yan Zhuang, the number one counselor under An Lushan, was a child from a poor family who passed the imperial examination but was unable to obtain an official position.

You can't be an official in the court, you can only be put under the command of Jiedushi.

After these talents entered the Jiedu envoy, they would also bring their dissatisfaction with the court to work, so many historians believe that the problem of the Datang feudal town is also a problem of talents.

Since the Anlushan Rebellion, the imperial court has suspended the imperial examination.

An Lushan conquered the two capitals, and the ministers of the DPRK and China fled, those who were killed were killed, and those who surrendered surrendered.

Most of the officials followed the emperor and fled to the middle of Sichuan. When these officials returned to the court of Fengxiang Mansion, Li Heng would also take out some irrelevant official positions to dismiss them.

Officials who surrendered to the puppet Yan have nothing to say. This kind of rebellious crime has not implicated the nine clans, and the court has already forgiven it.

At this time, many positions were vacated, because the second year of Zhide's opening of a course to obtain a scholar, especially attracted the attention of people all over the world.

And this time is the least competitive imperial examination!

The students from the two capitals were also separated due to the war, and these people were also the main force taking part in the imperial examinations.

Jianghuai's style of study is prosperous, but now that the rebels are besieging Suiyang City, even Jianghuai's military transfer is difficult, and it is impossible for these students from Jianghuai to pass the rebel blockade to take the exam.

Not to mention Hedong, which is now under the rule of the puppet Yan.

There are only a few Taoist students who can come to Fengxiang Mansion for reference.

The release of the order requiring the governors of all states to recommend talents has aroused the attention of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Wang Chengwei's proposal to apply for the imperial examination was also sent to Xue Hu.

Xue Hu naturally knew Wang Chengwei: "Are you going to take the imperial examination?"

Xue Hu also did not expect that Wang Chengwei actually thought of this way.

Although the imperial court did not issue an order to Longyou, the state capital of Longyou is also qualified to recommend Gongsheng.

It's just that Longyou is really backward in education.

During the decades of the emperor's reign, very few people in Longyou were admitted to Jinshi.

Wang Chengwei said: "I have already established a relationship with the Wang family in Taiyuan, and I will leave for Lingwu in a few days to recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors."

"With the identity of the Taiyuan Wang family, I will go to Fengxiang Mansion for some activities, and maybe I can really be admitted to Jinshi!"

Xue Hu was stunned for a moment, and had to say that Wang Chengwei's plan was really feasible.

Xue Hu closed the proposal and said, "Your plan will cost a lot of money, right?"

Wang Chengwei nodded and said, "I've already asked Wang Jun. Before the Anshi Rebellion, he, a brother of the Wang family in Taiyuan, spent a full [-] yuan in order to be admitted to Jinshi."

"Twenty thousand dollars!?"

Xue Hu gasped!
A good Uighur war horse costs only five thousand dollars.

What is the concept of two thousand dollars? It is equal to four good war horses!
This sum of money may be a huge sum of money that ordinary people will never see in their lifetime!
From this, we can also know how tricky there are in Datang's imperial examinations.

Wang Chengwei said: "This is because the clan brother holds the title of the Taiyuan Wang family, which saves a lot of communication expenses. If you are a student from an ordinary family, you will have no chance to give this money!"

Xue Hu said, "Do you have the money?"

Wang Chengwei said: "I have a classmate who is a businessman, and I have already attracted investment from him. As long as the governor's mansion gives me a place as a tribute student, I will leave for Fengxiang mansion now!"

Xue Hu said: "Yes, but you have to wait."

"Wait for what?"

Xue Hu said: "Anyway, we are taking the imperial examination. Why can't we send someone from Longyou? The seven prefectures of Longyou and the Beiting Duhufu are qualified to recommend Gongsheng students to participate in the imperial examination!"

"Since we are going, then send a large group of Gongsheng examinations! Maybe King Jianning will reimburse you for the expenses!"

Xue Hu forwarded Wang Chengwei's plan to Li Yan. Sure enough, with a swipe of his pen, King Jianning paid all the expenses for the Gongsheng from Longyou to go to Fengxiang Mansion.

Not only that, but also specially approved an "activity fund" of [-] yuan for each candidate.

This is to go to Datang to accompany the capital to take the imperial examination!
All of a sudden, players in the Governor's Mansion came and went, all in order to get the recommended places in the Governor's Mansion.

The governors of the seven states were all annoyed, and finally, at the suggestion of Shang Bo, the chairman of the Public Examination House, an internal policy examination was held first.

In the end, seventeen tribute students were finally selected, and they all brought the materials recommended by the governor's mansion to take the imperial examination at Fengxiang mansion.

Wang Chengwei, who contributed to the strategy, not only received a large amount of experience rewards.

At the same time, it also received an additional [-] yuan in funding.

For Li Yan, if the players under him can enter the officialdom through the imperial examination, it will be a great help to him.

If these players are officials in the court, they can inquire about the situation for Li Yan, and maybe they can influence the court's decision-making.

If the players are released as officials, then this place can naturally become a player's stronghold, and Li Yan can spread more players to various places in Datang.

But Li Yan only needs to pay some money, plus the quota recommended by Longyou Prefecture.

But before Wang Chengwei left for Fengxiang Mansion, Wang Chengwei had one more thing to do.

He wants to complete the "recognition of ancestors and return to the clan" as soon as possible, and become an official child of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

For this purpose, he accompanied Wang Jun to inspect Wuwei City for the past few days.

Wang Jun inspected Wuwei City for five days and traveled all over the villages near Wuwei City.

When he saw the huge wool spinning workshop, he saw so much wool produced in a day in the roaring workshop.

When I heard the workshop owner introduce how much profit a workshop can bring.

Wang Jun was completely shocked by the huge profits of the industry!

We must know that when the wool spinning business is not the hottest, big food merchants are still scrambling to buy this kind of light and breathable clothes.

As long as this kind of clothes is sent to the north, it can be exchanged for a large number of high-quality furs from the barbarians in the Caucasus and Siberia.

And these furs can be exchanged for a lot of money in the hands of Dashi and Byzantine dignitaries.

Moreover, the wool is light and does not account for the weight of the goods.

Almost all food merchants who came to Wuwei City would buy some wool to go back.

With the current production efficiency of the woolen workshop in Longyou, the market is far from saturated.

Now those who start wool workshops are making money!

Wang Jun did a simple calculation. It is still July and the weather is hot.

When it comes to winter, Longyou and Uighur are very cold in winter.

At that time, with the millions of soldiers and civilians in Longyou, how much will the demand for wool be?
Not only the wool workshop, Wang Jun also saw a paper workshop.

Throw bark, broken linen and other things into the pond, stir and ferment and add medicine to make snow-white paper.

It is said that this medicine was invented by a female Sima surnamed Cui in Longyou Academy of Sciences, and its name is "bleaching powder".

Wang Jun had also seen this kind of snow-white paper in Lingwu's bookstore.

The price of this kind of paper is quite high, and the books printed on this kind of white paper are clear, so it is the best choice for gifts among dignitaries.

It turns out that the famous Longyou paper was made in this way.

Such a papermaking workshop has a pungent smell, but the owner of the workshop said that the profit of papermaking is very high.

The only thing that makes the workshop owner dissatisfied is that the sewage discharged by the paper mill must also undergo strict treatment.

The last time he secretly discharged sewage, he was immediately caught by the officials of the Wuwei City government and fined a large sum of money.

After such a circle of investigation, Wang Jun knew where the workshop made money.

The workshops that Liangzhou can invest in today include papermaking, wool spinning, cotton cloth spinning, wine making and flour workshops.

The governor's office can provide technical support, and can also invite experts from Longyou to debug the machine.

Wang Jun carefully calculated that the Wang family had a lot of assets and had the financial resources to open a workshop.

The Wang family also has a large population, and some work in the workshop can be done by the family.

Isn't such a workshop more profitable than farmland?
Moreover, the influence of those big workshop owners in Wuwei City is no less than that of big landlords.

After thinking about this, Wang Jun said to Wang Chengwei: "Uncle Clan, I am going to move the whole clan to Wuwei, please take care of Uncle Clan!"

These days, Wang Jun has already understood Wang Chengwei's thoughts. Now that he is in troubled times, the identity of a mere Taiyuan Wang family is not as valuable as before.

Wang Jun said bluntly: "The family uncle said the recognition of the ancestors and returning to the clan, and the ceremony of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan can be carried out after the family moves to Wuwei."

Wang Chengwei couldn't help being overjoyed, he immediately said:

"Then I'll wait in Wuwei City and wait for my nephew to return to Wuwei City soon! I'll help you take care of the matter of granting the land to run the workshop."

"Then thank you uncle!"