Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 399
Zhang Leyan had other things to do, and when he returned to the Longyou Guild Hall, the crowd surrounded Wang Chengwei again.

Li Bo first said: "Brother Wang, let me explain it to everyone!"

Wang Chengwei sighed, and brought these guys to Fengxiang Mansion, but Wang Chengwei was exhausted.

But at least they are partners who play games together. If they pass the Jinshi exam, they can still take care of each other.

Wang Chengwei coughed and said, "Chairman Zhang has made it very clear that the Great Tang Imperial Examination is divided into two parts."

"First of all, you need to get the reputation of various forces, such as the reputation of the prime minister and important officials of the court, such as the reputation of Princess Yanguang. As long as you can get a high level of reputation with a certain big man, then as long as there is no problem in the exam, it is possible to pass the exam. Jinshi."

The crowd nodded.

Wang Chengwei continued: "I think everyone should proceed in two steps. The first step is to go to the homes of various ministers to see if they can attract the attention of a big man through the testimonials. , I am afraid that the homes of the prime ministers and other important officials are already full of scrolls, and I am afraid that they have no time to read them."

Everyone nodded, what does the prime minister do?The important officials of the imperial court who govern the world do not have much time to freely control at ordinary times. How can they have time to read the scrolls sent by an unknown person.

This is like an unknown person in later generations sending a letter to a senior official at the leader level. This kind of letter is generally not delivered to the leader, and the concierge has already brushed it off.

Wang Chengwei continued: "If you want to attract the attention of senior officials, the reputation of scholars is very important."

"For example, Han Yu, a great writer in the mid-Tang Dynasty, came from a poor family, but he was famous all over the world before the imperial examination. Later, he was appreciated by senior officials of the court and passed the Jinshi examination."

"If there is no special task and you can get in touch with these high officials of the imperial court, everyone still has to use this [Scholar Prestige]."

Li Bo asked: "How can I improve the reputation of this scholar?"

Wang Chengwei said: "This is more complicated. For example, Princess Yanguang's poetry meeting, if one or two famous poems can be made, the Fengxiang Mansion will be famous all at once."

"Besides the Poetry Club, it's about making friends with other scholars and flattering each other to build momentum. It's up to everyone to figure out their own way."

The players lowered their heads and began to think.

Wang Chengwei continued: "All in all, 20 days before the exam, the most important thing is to be famous!"

"Only when you become famous can you be valued by high-ranking officials and increase your chances of being a Jinshi."

All the players nodded, and Wang Chengwei pointed out a feasible way.

Wang Chengwei went on to say: "As for becoming famous, everyone will rely on their own abilities during the imperial examination."

"Although Datang's imperial examinations were affected by various off-site factors, those who can stand out among so many scholars in the country are not ordinary people."

"We can rely on the game system to cheat in the part of posting scriptures, but we still have to rely on our own ability to discuss the question."

"Even if it is copying, it must be close to the current theory, and everyone should study the format of policy theory carefully. It is still a taboo in the exams of the Tang Dynasty."

"Even brush calligraphy, these are the factors that the examiner dismissed the test paper, here we have to work hard on our own."

Although most players dismissed the mention of the imperial examination, it was even easier to read the time-traveling text.

But in the historical game "Da Tang Feng Yun", which is "almost close to reality", it is really not easy to pass the imperial examination.

Just the brush writing like dogs crawling on most of the players is enough for the examiners to sweep the papers into the trash.

For the imperial examination, Wang Chengwei practiced calligraphy hard along the way, and kept collecting and studying the imperial examination questions of the Tang Dynasty along the way.

In his opinion, most of the players who came to participate in the imperial examination were not fully prepared, and many of them came to make up the numbers.

If you could pass the imperial examination by copying a few famous poems, then Li Bai and Du Fu should have been the number one scholar in high school.

Whether it is studying the political orientation of the examiners or studying the current situation of the imperial court, these are important factors that affect the imperial examination.

But Wang Chengwei also shook his head secretly, he has already brought everyone to Fengxiang Mansion, and the next thing will be up to each person according to their own ability.

The next day, these candidates and players took action one after another.

Wang Chengwei first took the greeting card and a letter written by Wang Mao, the head of the Taiyuan Wang clan, to visit the chief examiner of the imperial examination, the current prime minister Pei Mian.

When he arrived at the alley in front of Pei Mian's house, Wang Chengwei was taken aback.

There was only a long line of people queuing at the door of Pei Mian's house. The door of Pei Mian's house was closed, but the queuing people still left a road for cars and horses to enter and exit.

The queuing crowd holding the greeting cards all lined up quietly at the door of Pei Mian's house. This scene made Wang Chengwei look dumbfounded.

He lined up in the queue and asked the person in front of him: "My dear brother, I'm Wang Chengwei, who is the recruiter of Qiu Wei this time. I don't know how I can send a greeting card to Pei Xiang's residence?"

The middle-aged man in the front row was gorgeously dressed. He looked Wang Chengwei up and down, and saw that he was only wearing a long cloth robe with books and no valuable accessories on him, so he looked down on Wang Chengwei in his heart.

It seems that he is another poor scholar who came to the prime minister's house to invest in the bank!

The middle-aged man in the front row said: "I am the envoy of the Jianghuai Salt Institute. I have come to pay a visit to Pei Xiangguo on the orders of our Salt and Iron Envoy."

This man holds his head high. Who doesn't know that Fifth Qi, the salt and iron envoy of Jianghuai, is a famous person in the dynasty, and the silk and satin in Fengxiang Mansion are all collected from Jianghuai by Fifth Qi, the salt and iron envoy.

So the fifth Qi's servant is also very arrogant.

One can see that Wang Chengwei is a poor scholar who came to Fengxiang Mansion to rush for the exam. This kind of person can't even enter the mansion of his own master, let alone the mansion of the current prime minister.

The middle-aged people lined up, and when they saw Wang Chengwei's bewildered look, they also wanted to give advice.

He said to Wang Chengwei: "It's not yet time. When the time of day begins, the gatehouse will open. Everyone queues up to hand over the invitations, and the manager will make arrangements. When Pei Xiang returns from the Zhengshitang, he will receive the guests in order .”

Looking at the long queue, Wang Chengwei couldn't help asking: "With so many people, can Pei Xiangguo see them all?"

The envoy sent by Fifth Qi said: "How is this possible! Pei Xiang takes care of everything every day, and seeing two or three guests a day is considered a kindness, how can it be possible to see all of them!"

The middle-aged man secretly confirmed in his heart that this kid really is a fool from the countryside.

This kind of young scholar always has unrealistic fantasies, always thinking that he can become famous all over the world with a beautiful article.

They didn't know that a big man like Pei Mian didn't have time to read the papers they sent over.

Fifth Qi's messenger said:
"Did you see that shed?"

Wang Chengwei followed the fingers of the middle-aged man to look, only to see a row of pergolas next to the gate of Pei Mian's mansion.

The envoy said: "The people in charge of Pei's mansion are not ordinary people. When you meet the emissaries of Prime Minister Pei, who is more important and who is more important, these people in charge understand!"

"Those who can enter that shed are all the guests that Prime Minister Pei may meet today."

Then the middle-aged man said triumphantly: "I already lined up in that shed yesterday, but it's a pity yesterday that Pei Xiang left early and saw only one guest."

Wang Chengwei asked suspiciously: "Do you have to line up again today?"

The middle-aged man said helplessly: "This is also the rule set by Pei Xiang. The people who come to see each other are different every day. If you go directly to the shed without queuing, the shed will not be able to sit in a few days, so you have to line up again every day. "

Wang Chengwei did not expect that it would be so difficult to meet the prime minister.

It seemed that he was too optimistic. Wang Chengwei touched the letter written by Wang Mao in his arms, feeling a little uneasy.

"The time has come!"

He saw Pei Xiang's mansion open a side door, and a porter knocked on it with a bronze drum, and then roared angrily.

The team immediately became excited, and the whole team began to move slowly.

Fifth Qi's messenger said, "Hey, I've been waiting here for three days, but I still haven't been able to enter the gate of Pei Xiang's house."

Then the middle-aged man said kindly: "Scholar, I think you can go back after leaving your travel documents. Without the recommendation letter from the Jiedushi of the big town, you don't even have the qualifications to enter that shed."

Letter of recommendation?
Wang Chengwei thought that he still had the recommendation letter written by Jianning Wang to all the candidates in his arms, so it turned out that this was also a "key prop".

The whole team moved very slowly, Wang Chengwei was really bored, and continued to chat with the middle-aged man in front.

This middle-aged man was also a talkative guy, and the two quickly became acquainted.

Wang Chengwei learned that this middle-aged man was Fifth Qi's distant nephew, named Fifth Yuan.

Since Fifth Qi took office in Jianghuai Salt Institute, Fifth Yuan went to join Fifth Qi, his distant uncle.

The fifth original only opened Mongolia, and then started a business with the family.

Fifth Qi's family is not prosperous, and Fifth Yuan can be considered a useful "talent", so Fifth Qi sent him to Fengxiang Mansion.

But Fifth Qi at this time can be regarded as having a prosperous official career.

After offering financial management skills to Emperor Suzong, Fifth Qi was sent to Jianghuai to be in charge of Jianghuai's taxation affairs.

Because of Fifth Qi's efforts, the pier in Yangzhou was full of water transport ships, and the grain and silk confiscated by the Jianghuai River were transported one by one to Guanzhong to support Datang's counter-insurgency cause.

When Wu Qi first took office in Jianghuai, he was just a low-level Jianghuai envoy.

This year, the emperor decreed three times to add more officials to Fifth Qi.

Now Fifth Qi is Siyu Yuanwailang, Henan and other five branch envoys, Sijin Langzhong, and imperial historian, and various salt and iron casting envoys.

Although the position of the official is still not high, Fifth Qi is preparing to build salt courtyards in various places in the Jianghuai area, implementing salt industry franchises, and has already taken charge of most of the Tang Dynasty's financial planning.

Everyone in the Fengxiang Mansion said that when the Anshi Rebellion was over, Fifth Qi's contribution would definitely allow him to sit in the position of Doctor of Duzhi.

And Duzhi Langzhong is an important position in the Ministry of Households in charge of national taxation, with great power, and the world calls it a planner.

Why did Wu Qi, a minister who is so unparalleled in the limelight, pay a visit to Pei Mian?
(End of this chapter)