Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 261 Brother 250 Chapter Nine

On the day he returned to Luoyang, Gao Cheng went to Huangfu's house to match Duan Shao.

Xiao Gao Wang's visit was purely to match up a marriage, and he didn't call out his future cousin to meet him, so as to challenge his weakness.

However, things were progressing smoothly, although the members of Huangfu's family thought that Gao Cheng was asking for marriage for him at first, after all, he did such things a lot.

After the misunderstanding was cleared up, she still agreed to this marriage. She could only be a concubine if she married into Duan's family, but this marriage was arranged by Gao Cheng, and after entering Duan's mansion, the first wife would also give Huangfu three points.

Even if Aunt Yuan Qu is Gao Huan's open marriage, the future belongs to Xiao Gao Wang.

After the marriage was settled, Gao Cheng only ordered someone to report to Hulao, leaving Huangfu behind:
No matter how beautiful this woman is, could she still be more beautiful than the three Yuan family daughters in her inner house?

Instead, prepare for the upcoming Beijing test.

Wang Xi has been in Luoyang for a long time, and at this time he is borrowing from his elder brother Wang Xin's house to polish his strategies.

The topic of policy questions for this subject is a semi-open secret, and even the literati in Kansai and Jiangdong know that Gao Cheng wants to ask policy questions for reform.

In the past six months, Cui Shan visited various places, and Wang Xi did not work behind closed doors.

He has heard a lot about Cui Shan's deeds, and he even overheard his eldest brother Wang Xin discussing with his second brother Wang Hui.

They all thought that the first place in the classics class this year might fall to Cui Shan.

This made Wang Xi very unconvinced. Even though Cui Qian had the achievements of being in charge of a state, in terms of real talent and learning, in Wang Xi's opinion, he is by no means inferior to others.

But I can also understand why the two elder brothers think like this.

Many people speculated that as long as Cui Lian's policy was in line with Gao Cheng's wishes, Xiao Gaowang would definitely appoint Cui Lian as the leader of the classics department, so as to fulfill the reputation of saving his father through the imperial examination.

Since the Han Dynasty, the drama of Mingjun being moved by filial piety has been staged repeatedly.

And with Cui Shan's ability, after traveling for half a year, he will not fail to come up with a wonderful policy theory anyway.

Of course, if you don't feel angry, you won't be angry, even if you can't win the first place, you must always fight for a top ten.

Gao Cheng has announced the arrangements corresponding to the results of the Beijing Examination. 60 people will be admitted for each subject, a total of 300 candidates for the five subjects, and a total of 50 people who are in the top ten of each subject will stay in Luoyang. After that, he was officially appointed as an official.

The remaining 250 people were sent to various counties and counties to watch the government, and they were also formally appointed officials a year later.

During the political observation period, all salaries were distributed according to the county magistrate's standard. When the political observation period expired, the former was awarded to Beijing officials, and the latter was awarded to local officials.

The so-called political observation refers to the internship period. Although there are many officials among the candidates who have abandoned their posts and are not ignorant of political affairs, newcomers to the officialdom are always indispensable.

Being a Beijing official in Luoyang is not bad, even if his eyes are high and his hands are low, and his name is not worthy of his name, he will not cause much trouble.

If you are sent to a local area as a county magistrate, the people of the county will be harmed, so you have to be cautious.

During the one-year political observation period, I can always learn a lot.

The last day of March in the eighth year of Taichang (539).

Before dawn, Dr. Wang Xin from Yinqing Guanglu and Wang Hui from Zhongshushe sent his younger brother Wang Xi for the exam.

During this period of time, the two of them participated in detailed strategies and suggestions for Wang Xi. I believe that even if they can't win the leader, it will not be a problem to win the top ten and stay in Luoyang.

That's right, this is the biggest problem of this scientific examination.

Gao Cheng tried to use the imperial examination policy to ask the examinees about the policy. He believed that it is difficult to make a good plan in a hurry, so with his acquiescence and even fueling the flames, the purpose of this year's policy question was made semi-public.

And this also means that a policy theory may not be written by one person, but the result of collective efforts.

It can be said that there are gains and losses, but specifically, even if there is only one effective reform measure that benefits the country and the people, the gains outweigh the losses.

After all, if you can get to the stage of the Beijing Examination, your talent and learning will not be bad.

Of course, this session is a special case, and Gao Cheng is too eager to ask for reforms.

Accompanied by his two elder brothers, Wang Xi rushed to the examination institute, and Cui Shan, who was the most vocal winner of the classics this time, was already waiting outside the entrance of the examination institute, accompanied by his family.

The younger sister Cui Niang was among them, and the concubine Feng Shi was not allowed to leave the house because of her crime.

Cui Shan looked calm, but his hands inside his sleeves were still trembling uncontrollably.

He was under too much pressure. For others, the examination room was a disappointment, but he had to wait another three years.

But what Cui Shan faced was that his father Cui Yan was sentenced to death, and even he himself was implicated and became a family member of a crime, unable to stand up for three generations.

Ever since the Cui Yan incident happened, Cui Shan has always been annoyed at his father's outspokenness.

Your old mouth is really itchy, you go and scold the emperor, if you really want to criticize the general, just say that he is lecherous, but why did you say 'Is the yellow-jawed boy worthy of a heavy responsibility'.

Cui Shan could understand why Gao Cheng punished Cui Yan. As the heir of the Gao family, he was questioned about his ability to inherit the great cause. Who could bear it.

But the matter has come to this point, no amount of complaints can undo it, luckily Gao Cheng lenient and gave him a chance to make amends.

"Shan'er, I saw the general."

Cui Niang went to Cui Shan's side and said softly.

Cui Shan came back to his senses, followed Cui Niang's gaze, and saw a window opened on the third floor of a teahouse not far away, and a handsome young man stood by the window, behind him was a crowd of people, presumably guards.

Gao Cheng caught sight of Cui Niang in the crowd, that baby fat face was still so eye-catching, and the person around Cui Niang who was around his age must be Cui Shan.

Cui Yan looked over, Gao Cheng smiled and nodded slightly to show encouragement, then turned to look at the rest of the candidates waiting.

Today, he led a group of personal guards to occupy a three-story tea house outside the examination room early, just to see the talents who entered his urn in advance.

When the three brothers of the Wang family came outside the examination room, because of Wang Xin and Wang Hui, Gao Cheng could also guess that this is the minister who will be the most responsible for the future Qianming change, assisting Gao Yan in the coup d'état to seize power in Beijing and finally proclaiming himself emperor Wang Xi .

Gao Cheng didn't have any grudges against Wang Xi, after all, it wasn't his son who was robbed of the throne, Gao Yang was the victim.

Through previous inspection of the roster, Gao Cheng still found many historical celebrities. Apart from Cui Shan and Wang Xi, the one who caught Gao Cheng's attention the most was Zu Ting from Fan Yang.

Zu Teng came from the family of Fan Yang's ancestors, and his father had a little reputation. In the "San Zi Jing", the word "Ying" in "Ying is eight years old and can sing poems" refers to Zu Ying, Zu Ting's father.

Zu Ying died four years ago, that is, in the fourth year of Taichang (539).

Backed by such a father, Zu Teng started his career as Secretary Lang, then moved to Secretary Cheng, led Zhongshu Sheren, and later worked in Gao Huan's shogunate, and had an inseparable relationship with Chen Yuankang.

It's just that he was dismissed because of something the year before last, and Chen Yuankang recommended him to join Gao Cheng in Luoyang, but Zu Ting decided to go back to Fan Yang's hometown to prepare for the exam for unknown reasons after learning that Gao Cheng was carrying out the imperial examination.

Standing at the window of the teahouse and watching for a long time, Gao Cheng did not recognize who Zu Ting was after all, which is normal, after all, Zu Ting is not blind yet.

(End of this chapter)