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Cui Shi hurriedly invited the man into the room, the man wiped his beard on his lips, revealing a clear and handsome face, it was Xu Shu, he smiled and nodded to Cui Shi, "Don't you know me, nephew?"

Cui Shi knew it was Xu Shu when he heard the voice just now, and now that he confirmed it, he knelt down in fright, "Nephew Cui Shi pays homage to Uncle Shi!"

"My nephew, please get up!"

Xu Shu and Cui Shi's uncle Cui Zhouping are close friends. Cui Zhouping is currently the prefect of Xihe. He wrote a letter to Xu Shu specially for his nephew, asking him to take care of him.

But Xu Shu's concern for Cui Shi has another deep meaning. Cui Shi's grandfather was Taiwei Cui Lie, who died in Li Cui's "rebellion". , it can be said that he is the son of the noble family that Liu Jing cares about most.

Xu Shu looked at Xun Zhi and Deng Hong again, and asked with a smile, "Who are these two?"

"These two are my good friends, Yingchuan Xunzhi and Nanyang Denghong."

"You are Yingchuan Xunzhi?" Xu Shu stared at Xun Zhi sharply. Xun Zhi felt that the man in front of him was not an ordinary person, and felt a little nervous. He quickly asked Cui Shi in a low voice, "Who is your uncle?"

Cui Shi pulled Xun Zhi and Deng Hong aside, and told them Xu Shu's identity in a low voice. Both of them were startled, and hurried forward to kneel down, "Students pay homage to Xu Changshi!" [

Xu Shu quickly helped them up, and said with a smile: "I am not unfamiliar with you, I am also from Yingchuan, and I am from the same town as Mr. Xun. I have also studied at Mr. Xun's family for two years. I have a close relationship with Mr. Xun, and Mr. Deng Young master, when I first arrived in Xiangyang, I was favored by my father, and I am not an outsider, so I am lucky to meet you today!"

The three hurriedly asked Xu Shu to sit down, and Cui Shi poured him another glass of wine, and said with a embarrassed smile: "The three of us have all passed the academy exam, and we are buying wine to celebrate."

Xu Shu smiled slightly and said, "Only one out of 20 people will be admitted. You are not easy. Come on! Let me offer a toast to the three virtuous nephews."

The three hurriedly toasted and drank with Xu Shu. At this moment, Xun Zhi couldn't help but asked, "Uncle Shi seemed to know me a long time ago when he entered the door. What's going on?"

Xu Shu laughed, "Of course I know you, Zhou Mu was furious about the abolition of the certificate, isn't it because of you?"

The three of them looked at each other with shock in their eyes, what's the reason?They all looked at Xu Shu, hoping that he could solve the doubts in their hearts.

Xu Shu pondered for a moment, then asked Xun Zhi, "Does your uncle know that you are coming to Xiangyang to take the exam?"

Xun Zhi's uncle was Xun You, and Xun Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "It was decided by my father two months ago that I came to Xiangyang to take the exam. I think my uncle should know. As for whether he approves or disapproves, I'm not sure. "

Xu Shu nodded, and smiled at the three of them: "This time Xiangyang's public selection of scholars has two purposes. One is that Liuzhou Mu wants to attract talents from all over the world, and the other is to use this opportunity to establish a relationship with the world's major families. Everyone You are smart people, from the fact that you came to Jingzhou to take the exam, you can see that your family also has this wish, which is a good thing!"

What Xu Shu said, Cui Shi understood in his heart. On the way to Jingzhou, he went to Xihe County to meet his uncle. His uncle carefully analyzed Jingzhou's intention of publicly recruiting scholars, so Cui Shi was not surprised.

But Xun Zhi and Deng Hong didn't know these details. When Xu Shu said this, they suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the family attached so much importance to this exam. It turned out that there was such a deep meaning. The two immediately became excited. Although Xu Shu didn't say it clearly, they both understood Yes, they will definitely be admitted.

Deng Hong couldn't help asking: "Excuse me, Chang Shi, if you are admitted in the official examination, what position will you be appointed? Of course, I am not talking about myself, but other scholars."

Although Deng Hong asked rather abruptly, this question is what everyone is most concerned about. Both Cui Shi and Xun Zhi held their breaths, waiting for Xu Shu's answer.

Xu Shu drank the wine in his glass and said with a smile: "I can tell you that in this official examination, except for the best ones who will stay in the general's mansion, the rest will go to the county to be officials, the chief secretary or the six Caos. Classes, in short, will start from the bottom and improve step by step. The state priests will gradually establish a promotion system, and you are the first batch."

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Amid the high expectations, the official examination in Jingzhou officially kicked off. A total of 800 people participated. If the academy examination is just a warm-up, then this time the official examination is the real examination. Scriptures, poems and essays.

Among the 800 students, only 130 were admitted, of which 30 were determined by default, and the other 100 were selected through fair competition.

On the same day when the exam started, Liu Jing and nearly two dozen family members of Jingzhou civil and military officials, including Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Sima Yi, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Wenpin, etc., officially left Xiangyang for Yi Chengdu, the state.

On the wharf, dozens of thousand-stone large ships set off slowly. The families of these high-ranking civil and military officials were escorted by [-] sailors. They detoured to Jiangxia to Nanjun, and then sailed west to Bashu. After half a month, the mansions in Chengdu have been tidied up. Just waiting for someone to move in.

Liu Jing and a group of officials stood on the pier and waved goodbye to their families, but this was only a brief separation between them and their families. One month later, the entire Hussar General's Mansion will also be moved to Chengdu, making Chengdu a military and political center, and then in May next year Yue will return to Xiangyang again.

"I still remember moving from Jiangxia to Xiangyang not long ago. I didn't expect to move to Chengdu so soon. I don't know when the next move will be?" Jia Xu sighed aside.

Liu Jing looked back at him, and asked with a smile, "When is the military division's next relocation?"

Jia Xu narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I hope it will be next spring!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together. The relocation they mentioned meant Guanzhong, and Liu Jing also stared at the northwest direction with his hands behind his back, yes!When will they be able to capture Guanzhong?

Early in the morning, in the long corridor of the General’s Mansion, Pang Tong was walking quickly with a scroll in his hand. The official examination had ended five days ago. Hundreds of examiners reviewed day and night. It was not until last night that all examination papers were reviewed. Pang Tong After sorting it out with Jiang Wan all night, I finally completed the preliminary results.

Walking all the way to Liu Jing's official room, Pang Tong personally guarded the door: "Please report to the state shepherd for me, just say that Pang Tong has something important to report."

"Pang Yuancheng, please wait a moment!"

The guards went in quickly to report, and after a while, a boy came out to salute and said, "Master Zhou invites Pang Yuancheng to come in!"

"Thank you!"

Pang Tong walked into the official room, and when he came to the inner room, he saw Liu Jing standing in front of a sand table thinking deeply, Pang Tong hurriedly bowed and saluted, "My minister sees Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing glanced back at him, and asked with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with Pang Yuancheng?"

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, the preliminary results of the official examination have come out."

Pang Tong presented the scroll to Liu Jing, and Liu Jing took the scroll and asked, "Is it for Xu Changshi?"

According to the normal official rules, Xu Shu is the chief examiner, and Xu Shu should report to Liu Jing, not Pang Tong, the deputy examiner. This scroll should also be given to Xu Shu first, not directly to Liu Jing, but Liu Jing also knows, Xu Shu felt a little sick today, resting at home, Pang Tong reported directly to himself, and it was barely reasonable.

Pang Tong hurriedly said: "Weichen just came from Xu Changshi's residence, he has already seen it."

Liu Jing nodded and unfolded the scroll. Pang Tong explained beside him: "The scroll is divided into three parts. The first part is the ranking of the top 100 students. The middle part is divided into two parts, A and B. Part A is the top 29 students who passed the exam. Part B is the admission of the children of 130 gentry families, and the last is the [-] people admitted in the list.”

Liu Jing looked through it roughly, and found that the names of many children from aristocratic families appeared in the previous rankings, so he said with a smile: "It seems that these children from aristocratic families have done well in the exam."

"It's really good. In fact, only ten people did not enter the top [-], but they all entered the top [-]. From this, it can be seen that the strength of these gentry children is quite strong."

"That's natural. The nobles inherit power, and the nobles inherit culture. If the children of the nobles are unbearable, it will disappoint me too much."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing pointed to the scholar who ranked first and asked, "Is this Cui Shi the Boling Cui family?"

"Exactly, he is the grandson of Cui Lie, the son of Cui Jun, his uncle is Cui Zhouping, and the state pastor has also met him. This Cui Shi is outstanding, and he is the first in both the academy examination and the official examination. I heard from Xu Changshi that , he is good friends with Xun Zhi, who is ranked fifth, and Deng Hong, who is ranked No.19."

After a pause, Pang Tong added: "Xun Zhi is Xun You's nephew, and Deng Hong is the son of Deng Yi, who was formerly the governor of Jingzhou."

Liu Jing laughed, "It turns out that they are all descendants of the old man, the blue is better than the blue!"

At this time, Liu Jing remembered something again and asked, "I heard that Deng Ai also took the exam, how did he do?"

Pang Tong has a very good relationship with Deng Ai. It can be said that he is Deng Ai's introductory master. He also cares about Deng Ai very much. He hurried back to Xinye to serve his mother, so he failed to take the exam in the end."

"I see!"

Liu Jing was a little regretful, he also wanted to see Deng Ai's strength in this public selection of scholars, but unfortunately he didn't have this opportunity, Liu Jing returned the scroll to Pang Tong, "There is no problem in principle, in terms of specific details, you Think it over carefully and give me a final plan, if it passes, the list will be released tomorrow."

"Wei Chen understands!"

At this time, Liu Jing smiled again: "I'm looking at the road north to Guanzhong, is Pang Yuancheng interested in coming to give advice?"

Pang Tong suddenly became a little excited. He knew that this was the first step for him to change his identity. Liu Jing's next step was undoubtedly to attack Guanzhong. Asking him for advice now was actually asking him for advice. In fact, he had considered taking it many times. Guanzhong's strategy has a plan in mind.

Pang Tong put away the scroll and walked forward with a smile: "This minister may be talking nonsense, please don't be offended by the state shepherd!"

"Yuancheng, but say no!"

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