Prosperous advisors

Chapter 627 The Examination Case (2)
After dismissing his son, Rong Xuan sat in the study for a long time in silence before he sighed, "Unexpectedly, the ninth younger brother can make such a decision. This king is not as good as..." Since the birth of the imperial examination system, the original system of nobility recommending officials But it has not been completely abolished.This gave many dudes of nobles and students who had been in the cold window for ten years also had the opportunity to stand in the court.Moreover, because of the support of the family, even these people rose much faster than those who were elected through the imperial examination.In this way, the contradiction between the children of the powerful and the officials who entered the court through the imperial examination has also never disappeared.If this item can be completely abolished, it will indeed reduce a lot of waste in the court, and it will also reduce a lot of disputes.

It's just that such a decision would infringe on the interests of all the dignitaries. Even the emperor who had just implemented the imperial examinations back then failed to completely abolish the system of transferring nobles and recommending officials, so that it has been passed down for hundreds of years.It's not that the emperor didn't want to, but he couldn't.

Perhaps, the young Emperor His Majesty could bring them some surprises now?Rong Xuan sat silently in the study, thoughtful.

An inn somewhere in the capital city was bustling with students who came to Beijing to take the exam.Every time it arrives, there will always be a lot of students who are taking the exam in the inns of all sizes in the capital.

Mu Qingyi was sitting in the most inconspicuous corner of the inn, and the two young men sitting beside him were wearing ordinary Confucian shirts, as if they were also students taking the exam, but their faces were a little uncomfortable.

"Mu...Young master, what are we going to do?"

Mu Qingyi looked at the two young men in front of her with satisfaction. Although one of them was also from a high school, she didn't have Rong Yang who would make trouble one day.It was completely honestly dressed up like an ordinary student.

The two people in front of them, a Jinshi of the last imperial examination, are only from a poor family and are not good at franchise, and now they are still working as a humble editor in the Imperial Academy.Although the other is a high school student, he is a bastard.And he passed the exam on his own merit.After all, although the rich and powerful can recommend their own children to be officials, not everyone can.The official recommendation system has been more or less suppressed by the emperors of all dynasties, and only the direct descendants of the family are eligible.

Mu Qingyi raised her eyes and glanced at the opposite corner of the inn lobby facing them. There were also a few people sitting there.He said lightly: "Did you see it? Find out what they are doing, and by the way, buy a copy of what they sell."

Both of them are black lines, you know they are selling something, but you need to find out what they are doing?

Seeing the blank faces of the two of them, Mu Qingyi raised her eyebrows and said, "You won't tell me, you don't know what they are doing, do you?" Can such a simple fool really mess around in the officialdom?

Xiaobian Xiu took a careful look at Mu Qingyi, and said in a low voice: "Your official knows." He was killed layer by layer from among the hundreds of thousands of candidates in the whole of Xiyue, so how could he not know these secrets? some obscure things.It's just that I didn't expect these people to be so blatant.Selling exam questions in the inn, do you really think that all the officials and candidates in the imperial city are blind?

Mu Qingyi nodded in satisfaction, "Just know, let's go."

The two nodded, but did not move.Instead, Mu Qingyi got up and walked away by herself.The two young officials looked at each other and sighed.Although one came from a poor family and the other came from a high family, at the moment there is a sense of sympathy for each other.One of them has no connections and can't be promoted, and the other is suppressed by his brother-in-law at home and cannot move. Now they are lucky enough to be named by His Majesty to follow Mu Xiang. If they do well, they may be able to spell out a good future for themselves.

Mu Qingyi left the inn, but found a few acquaintances approaching her, so she hurriedly moved aside.Fortunately, he is wearing men's clothing now, and people who don't know may not be able to come out even if they see it in person.

These people are the few scholars I met when I was in Pengcheng some time ago.Among them was Yun Yuefeng, but even though Yun Yuefeng walked with these people, there was still some distance invisibly, only the scholar surnamed Lin talked to him behind.These scholars are more or less noble, even if they look down on Jia Shusheng's character, they still somewhat despise Yun Yuefeng's background.

Mu Qingyi raised her eyebrows, and followed the group of people unhurriedly.She was quite optimistic about this Yunyuefeng in Pengcheng before, and these days when she was free, she wandered around many inns in the capital, wanting to see how the students of this class are doing.Although she didn't fully understand it, in Mu Qingyi's opinion, it shouldn't be difficult for Yun Yuefeng to be on the list.

The group of them came a little late, and many inns were full of people, so they finally had to find an unremarkable small inn to enter.

When Mu Qingyi entered, the shopkeeper of the inn hurried up to greet her.At first glance, Mu Qingyi's demeanor and demeanor were different from those of the scholars who came to rush for the exam. Normally, such a person would not patronize his small shop at all.I'm afraid that the inns in the capital are all full now, so they will come here. The shopkeeper is naturally very attentive.

"Young master, do you want to stay at the shop or have a meal?" the shopkeeper asked courteously.Mu Qingyi raised her eyebrows and asked, "I have a few friends who are going to take the exam, so book two rooms for them."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he quickly smiled and said, "No problem, the small ones will have the two best upper rooms cleaned up immediately. If you are worried, young master, you can go and see for yourself later, it is definitely not as bad as the tea in those big inns. "Mu Qingyi nodded and said, "That's fine."

After inviting Mu Qingyi to sit down with tea, the shopkeeper hurriedly ordered the proprietress to tidy up the two best upper rooms and come out.Mu Qingyi looked at the shopkeeper curiously, "Is the shopkeeper so enthusiastic about every customer?"

The shopkeeper chuckled, and carefully glanced at the jade buckle on Mu Qingyi's belt.The shopkeeper also has some knowledge. Those who can afford this kind of beautiful jade are definitely either rich or expensive, so naturally they have to flatter them.

Mu Qingyi didn't care, she smiled lightly and said nothing more.

"Shopkeeper, what do you mean?!" Before the shopkeeper left, upstairs, the people who went up before rushed down again, and the young master Lin who was familiar with Yun Yuefeng said angrily: " It's not that we don't have money to pay the bill! What do you mean by putting Brother Yun's room in that kind of place?"

The shopkeeper frowned, and looked at Mr. Lin and Yun Yuefeng who came down behind him with some embarrassment.

"Brother Lin, don't talk about it. Although the room is a little bit off, it's not bad. Now is not the time to choose a place." Yun Yuefeng hugged Mr. Lin and said in a low voice.Just looking at the expression on his face, he knew that he was not really indifferent, but he was just used to patience.Mr. Lin said angrily: "That's obviously the place where the shop assistants live. It's noisy and dirty. How can brother Yun study there? What's more, we gave the same rent, why should you live in that kind of place? ?”

(End of this chapter)