back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 437
As soon as Liu Qi stepped into the Spring Breeze Building, a waiter immediately greeted him with a professional smile: "Young master, please come inside!" Liu Qi is familiar with driving. As a noble son, he is very familiar with eating out. However, he said directly: "Is there a private seat upstairs?"

The little boy was in trouble, and smiled apologetically, "My lord, I'm really sorry, all the private seats upstairs have been reserved for today."

Liu Qi was a little unhappy: "I hired someone, who is it?"

Xiaoer said in a low voice: "It's the same as the young master. They are some scholars. Just now a waiter brought wine and food up. I heard that they were talking about some court affairs. Fortunately, the current emperor is kind and no longer uses words to judge crimes. Otherwise, these things The crazy students have to be arrested by the Yamen of the Jingzhao Mansion, and they can only be released after paying enough money. In the past few years, there were not many crazy students who were sent to prison and executed for their speech? These scholars really don’t know how to check..."

Listening to Xiao Er's chatter, Liu Qi became interested: "Oh, what are they talking about?"

"What else can there be, it's nothing more than the matter of the next year's autumn... Hey, young master, you can't go up, young master!" Before the little girl finished speaking, Liu Qi was in a hurry and brushed away the little girl, "Deng Dengdeng!" " ran upstairs, but Xiaoer couldn't catch up.

For a while, the diners, bartenders, and glutinous rice in the lobby downstairs (there are neighbor women with blue and white cloth towels around their waists, and buns in a bun, who exchange soup and wine for the drinkers, are called "flavored rice") for a while. look sideways.

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"Master Yuan, this statement is wrong. Although the ten-rank official system is called an official, it is quite different. It is almost equivalent to a subordinate official. It doesn't matter if you don't work as an official!"

"You can't say that. Just take Pingzhang as an example. You also went to the exam this year in Chunwei. What was the result? There were only [-] people in the tribute exam, and the palace exam was hopeless. If it was a new policy, you might still be a tenth-rank official. If you rely on the scientific examination, I am afraid that there will be no hope of being an official for life..."

"Yuanchang, what do you mean by that? You and I passed the Chunwei exam together, and you are also out of a thousand? You say that, but you are laughing at fifty steps!"

The scholar named Pingzhang was not happy about being blocked by the scholar named Yuanchang with his academic grades, and directly retorted.When the scholar named Yuan Chang wanted to say something more, everyone's attention was attracted by the sound of rushing up the stairs.There was still a faint voice: "... Young Master, you can't go up, you've already been taken over by someone, Young Master, Young Master..."

There were a hundred or ten scholars gathered upstairs, all of them looked at each other in blank dismay: "Is there anyone who hasn't arrived yet?"

"Except for Maoyuan, everyone should have arrived. Could it be that he was stopped by Xiaoer and the bartender?"

"Maoyuan is a person who has both sides, so how could he be stopped by Xiaoer and the bartender? Just explain, I will get together with Pingshan Academy here, and this Xiaoer will understand, how dare to stop? It must be some irrelevant people , I just want to make trouble. If it is any other place, this kind of idleness is terrible. But this is Jingzhao Mansion, the capital of Chang'an, at the feet of the emperor, who dares to be presumptuous?"

"That's right, if the visitor is vulgar, just report to the official, don't talk to him."

The so-called one person counts short, two counts long.All of you here are candidates from Pingshan Academy, those who stayed in Chang'an to wait for the imperial examination, they are all knowledgeable and insightful people, who are not afraid of idlers (the name of the old rogue, the origin of the idiom idler)!

All eyes were focused on the stairs.Not long after, I saw a scholar wearing a silk Confucian shirt, walking up the stairs quickly.

Everyone wondered what kind of idlers were causing trouble, but they didn't expect it to be a well-dressed young man.Judging by his gentle appearance, he shouldn't be a troublemaker?
The visitor seemed to be acquainted with himself, and he came up and said: "Brothers, I'm really sorry for disturbing you. I just heard that you are here to discuss state affairs. I'm here without invitation. Don’t be offended. My younger brother’s name is Liu Qi, and he’s from Shuzhou, Huainan West Road. My father Liu Tong, the judge of Shouzhou, often teaches my younger brother to associate with the majestic people of Xianglin.”

In order to get close to the crowd, Liu Qi did something ingenious.He apologized first, and then brought out his own father, explaining in a non-obtrusive manner that he is a son of an official family.Everyone here is determined to be an official, and when they heard this, they immediately regarded him as one of their own.

"So it's Brother Liu. Since he's an elegant guest, you can do whatever you want. I'm just talking about the new policy of the Holy Lord. If Brother Liu wants to hear it, I can't wait to ask for it." The man named Pingzhang got up and laughed, "If Liu Brother don't mind, how about sitting next to me and discussing together?"

Naturally, Liu Qi couldn't get what he wanted, so he didn't say much: "I don't dare to ask for what I want!" After finishing speaking, he went straight to this Pingzhang Juzi, and took the silver jug ​​for himself , Filled a glass of rice wine, and said: "If you come uninvited, you will be fined a glass!" After finishing speaking, he drank it all in one gulp, and then sat down as soon as he put his clothes on.

Everyone saw that he was a son of an official family, and they didn't care about his style. Instead, they thought that he was unpretentious and worthy of friendship.Only the man named Yuan Chang frowned, feeling that this person came with a purpose.

The Juzi named Pingzhang stood up and said to Liu Qi: "We are all students of Pingshan Academy. My name is Chen Shangfa, with the word Pingzhang. This is Meng Qi, with a long etymology..." He introduced all the Juzi present here. Afterwards, Liu Qi cast flattering glances one by one, attracting many kind responses. "There is another Qian Maoyuan. He went to the official office to invite Su Shi, the younger brother of Su Zizhan, the number one scholar in the Shangke. Zhan, I also had a name in Pingshan Academy. Speaking of which, I, Pingshan Academy, also produced champions. It is different from Nayingtian Academy, Yuelu Academy, Songyang Academy, Bailudong Academy, Yinggu Academy, and Shaoshi Academy. , Nancheng Academy, and Cungu Academy are all equally famous, and we are honored! This gathering, I wanted to invite Mr. Su, but I heard that he was ordered to serve as an imperial envoy and has not yet returned. His compatriots Brother, Su Ziyou is also a great scholar, even if he is invited, it will be the same..."

Seeing Liu Qi pleasing everyone, Meng Qi, who is not good at socializing, but has a deep insight into people's hearts, has even more doubts about Liu Qi's intention to come.

After introducing it for a while, Chen Shangfa smiled and said: "I was just discussing whether the new policy of the Holy One is suitable or not, what did I just say? Yes, when it comes to these ten-rank officials, they are like lowly officials, so it doesn't matter if you don't do it. Even if you put on the title of tenth-rank official, you will be distinguished from subordinate officials? If you don’t win the Jinshi, you can’t be promoted, it’s like chicken ribs, you can’t eat meat, and you don’t want to give up..."

Meng Qi retorted: "No, the majesty handed out all the test papers for the examinations and posted them next to the imperial list. You have all read them. I am not good at literature, but I only know how to read and do not know how to do things. The topics set by the majesty, It's all about the people's livelihood. How can you write beautiful articles without considering the people's sentiments, and implement benevolent government with the benevolence of a sage? The article is empty, and it is the commentary of the sage himself. For the New Deal, you should go to the countryside to observe farming; go to the place of commerce and trade to gain insight into the affairs of the market; go to the port to experience the commerce and trade at sea..."

(End of this chapter)