Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 192 Meticulous
Compared with the calmness of the young Confucian scholar, the Confucian scholar in white is more energetic.

Of course, he also has pride.

The white-clothed Confucian scholar's surname was Fan, whose surname was Fan Lubing, whose surname was Shining. His ancestral home was Pizhou and he had lived in Hanoi for a long time. He was the son of the famous official Fan Qianxing. He was the first scholar in the first year of Xianqing. In his high school year, he was only in his early twenties and had a lot of pride.

The young Confucian scholar's name was Di Renjie, also known as Huaiying. He was from Taiyuan, Bingzhou. His father was Di Zhisun. He had a small official position and a very rich resume. He served as the Naoshiro in the East Palace and was in charge of the seals of the Prince's East Palace. Later, he served as a soldier in Zhengzhou and joined the army. He also served as a soldier in Prince Zheng's palace and joined the army. He served as a military official in the Liangzhou Dudufu, the magistrate of Yan County in Yuezhou, the magistrate of Zheng County in Huazhou, the chief history of the Kuizhou Dudufu, the magistrate of Heyang County in Mengzhou, etc. His footprints spread all over the southeast and northwest, and finally in Settled in Heyang County.

Fan Lubing lives in Hanoi, Mengzhou, just across the street from Di Renjie.

Fan Lubing's father, Fan Qianxing, and Di Zhisun worked together. The two retired and became officials in the same state, and they often visited each other.

Fan Lubing and Di Renjie naturally got to know each other.

Di Renjie traveled extensively with his father and saw a lot of the world. He was mature and prudent, valued filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and had the charm of a big brother.

Fan Lubing was young and frivolous, admired him very much and kept close contact with him.

Fan Lubing had a profound family background and outstanding literary talent, and successfully became a Jinshi.

Di Renjie traveled around with his father, integrating what he saw and heard into knowledge, and thinking about strategies. However, he was inevitably unfamiliar with Confucian classics and history, and he had been studying at home in recent years.

According to Di Renjie's original plan, he neglected classics and history, so instead of fighting for the Jinshi title, he might as well study hard for a few years, settle for the next best thing, and apply for Mingjing subjects that are second to the Jinshi title, so as not to compete with the world's talented people.

Not long after Fan Lubing became the top scholar in high school and before he was awarded an official position, he consolidated his connections in Chang'an and waited for arrangements from the officials.

Fan Lubing saw the changes in the imperial examination one by one. Thinking of his big brother, he wrote many letters one after another to persuade Di Renjie to participate in the imperial examination.

Di Renjie was too cautious and knew that he was weighing his own weight, so he did not agree.

Fan Lubing wrote another letter to Di Zhisun.

Di Zhisun also advised Di Renjie to seize this opportunity.

Di Renjie did not want to disobey his father and agreed to take part in the imperial examination. However, he did not have high hopes and only wanted to see the world.

"Brother Huaiying, everything has been arranged. When you are in Chang'an, you will stay at my brother's house. There are two types of examinations in the Jinshi subject, classics and theory. Brother Celu has no problem, but the classics and meaning are a little unfamiliar. You and I can discuss it together and strive for it. high school."

Di Renjie did not refuse, so he stayed at Fan's house. The two slept together, ate together, slept together, and read together until the day before spring.

Fan Lubing and Di Renjie both went out.

Fan Lubing sighed in admiration: "What I admire most about my brother is his calm demeanor. Others wish they could know how to enter the venue and take their seats one day earlier. I am all worried about my brother, but my brother can wait until the last day. It is amazing." "

The imperial court has already announced that the examination rooms are divided into four examination rooms: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each examination room has eight entrances. After entering the imperial city, candidates will receive an examination card to confirm which examination room they are in.

After arriving at the examination room, hand in the examination badge, receive the entrance and seat examination badges, and then flow into the examination room.

In order to prevent candidates from not understanding the rules, Chen Qingsi specially built small molds in the squares near the county offices of Chang'an County and Wannian County, and arranged for someone to explain the process to them.

As soon as the news spread, students gathered in large numbers to avoid making mistakes.

But Di Renjie was not in a hurry. He went out leisurely to watch the process until the last day.

On this last day, there were not many scholars in Wannian County confirming the rules and procedures. Di Renjie and Fan Lubing took a close look at the entry rules.

Both of them were outstanding figures of their time. They just watched it once and recorded the process in their hearts.Fan Lubing looked at the complicated entry rules and exclaimed, "It's much stricter than before."

Di Renjie's eyes flashed with wonder, and he smiled and said, "What was the scene like at that time? Was it chaotic?"

Fan Lubing thought about it for a moment and said: "There were more than a thousand people, and there was a bit of chaos when they were at the entrance of the official department. It was fine once they entered the examination room."

Di Renjie said: "Now there are 2 people! Mr. Chen's ability to eliminate potential disasters with probability is really admirable."

Fan Lubing obviously didn't understand what Di Renjie meant.

Fan Lubing has no experience and training, but only has talent and learning. Di Renjie is well-informed and knows the dangers of wealthy noble families and the difficulties of ordinary people. He also sees that the imperial examination promoted by Chen Qingsi is to do everything possible to allow ordinary people to compete with ordinary people. The wealthy nobles have the right to fair competition. I know that Chen Qingsi created such complicated rules and regulations in order to prevent the wealthy nobles from secretly causing trouble as much as possible.

One day passes in the blink of an eye.

Di Renjie and Fan Lubing arrived at the main entrance of the Imperial City Suzaku.

At this moment, there was a sea of ​​people in front of the main entrance of Zhuque. In addition to the candidates who were taking the exam, there were also many family members and friends.

Di Renjie bid farewell to Fan Lubing and lined up with the candidates to enter the imperial city.

After confirming the place of transfer, Di Renjie received an examination card with the word "Xia" engraved on it. Before he could react, guards were already driving him to the team heading to the Xia examination room.

The Xia examination room was the examination room of the Ministry of Rites. He went all the way to the Ministry of Rites, checked his identity, handed in the examination sign with the character "Xia", and received the sign with the character "Wu Yin". Someone also led him to the intersection with the character "W". The arrangements were too detailed, everything in Apple pie order.

Before they reached the examination entrance, they saw soldiers in leather armor dragging a ragged man out of the examination room like a dead dog. Densely written black characters could be seen faintly in the corner of his underwear.

After a rigorous review, Di Renjie sat down in his seat in the examination room, a single room where only one person could curl up and rest.

Di Renjie didn't use his brain the whole time, just like a puppet being led around.

Whenever he makes any unusual move, others will notice it and find out.

There are almost no opportunities to do anything.

The 2 people were divided into four waves at Zhuque Gate, and the 5000 people were divided into eight groups when they entered the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and Taichang Temple. There were only more than [-] people at each entrance, and there was no chaos at all.

Di Renjie's eyes were burning, and he felt that even if he failed, this trip would not be unfair.

"Make the rules more detailed so that those who intend to cause trouble have nowhere to hide and nowhere to use their force. From this alone, we can see Mr. Chen's talent and His Majesty's determination to promote the imperial examination."

Di Renjie had extraordinary political vision. Even if he did not become an official, he still developed certain political abilities by following his father as an official for more than ten years. He knew that Chen Qingsi could achieve this level without the support of Li Zhi.

As the test papers were distributed one by one, Di Renjie calmly answered.

I don’t know how much time passed before a sharp shout came from the distance.

One person seemed to be stimulated and ran out of his examination room...

Di Renjie was startled for a moment, then closed his eyes and counted silently: "One, two, three, four..."

When he counted to eight, the sound outside disappeared, leaving only the sound of rustling and dragging.

(End of this chapter)