Chastity Layman

"Students pay their respects to the teacher!"

In Pingkangfang, Yiguo Gongfu.

The No. 1 Jinshi scholar in the new department, Lai Heng, brought his younger brother Lai Ji and Tan Hua Shang Guanyi, and saluted Qin Lang very respectfully.

Although in terms of seniority, the Laiheng brothers called Qin Lang's father, Qin Qiong, a senior brother, and Qin Lang called them uncles, but for this scientific examination, Qin Lang was the chief examiner, so they had to respectfully call Qin Lang a teacher, and called them both. The examiner is the room teacher, and this teacher-student etiquette cannot be discarded.

The Lai family brothers can be said to be the two most dazzling young people this spring. Even the emperor sighed during the court meeting, thinking that Lai Huer was a general in the past, but unexpectedly the two sons are now Jinshi in the same discipline, and even both are the same. First.

And on the day of the roll call on the gold list, Chang'an even staged a good story about catching a son-in-law who was not on the list.

At that time, the right servant of Shangshu of the court shot Xiao Yu sent someone to catch the son-in-law at the bottom of the list, and snatched away the number one scholar of the new science, Lang Laiheng. Tanhualang Shangguanyi, who had been a monk, was also snatched as a son-in-law this time by the former prime minister, Guan Guogong, and Shi Yang Gongren, the governor of Yangzhou.

The first and third members of the Jinshi Division were all arrested by the prime minister's family list, which was a good story for a while, and hundreds of the second and third best were snatched as son-in-laws by high-ranking officials in Beijing or the families of honored relatives that day, which caused a sensation.

However, Qin Lang knew very well that the so-called catching a son-in-law under the list was not really a direct robbery. In fact, before the list was released, the list had already been leaked in advance, so many relatives, nobles, and high-ranking officials had already started to act. For handsome talents who have not yet married, each family sent people to contact them one after another.

The marriage between the Laiheng brothers and Xiao Yu and Fang Xuanling's family was in fact Qin Lang's matchmaker. These prime ministers also paid attention to the marriage. For example, the daughters of Xiao Yu and Fang Xuanling were already engaged to the royal family, and Xiao Yu's son And the princess.

On the other hand, they also pay attention to marriages with famous noble families. For example, Fang Xuanling, as the eldest son, is seeking a marriage with the Wang family of Taiyuan or the Cui family of Qinghe. Of course, a young talent like Tathagata has a good family background. Also willing to marry women to solicit.

As a matchmaker, Qin Lang went to matchmaking. Actually, he didn't talk much with Lai's brothers. He just said that the two families have a good family style, good family education, and their daughters are well-educated and well-behaved. For young people like them, they will naturally be of great help in their future official careers.

Qin Lang and Fang Xuanling are from Licheng County, Qizhou, Shandong, and Fang Xuanling and Xiao Yu's sons are both Qin Lang's brother-in-law, so they are all relatives, not to mention the relationship between the Lai family and the Qin family. The benefits of such a marriage are obvious to the Lai brothers.

There are people in the court who are good at being officials.

This was a very common phenomenon in the Tang Dynasty, so the Lai family brothers did not reject it. Qin Lang, the matchmaker, did it easily, and quickly set up the marriage. Suggestion, come to a list to catch the son-in-law, causing a sensation in Chang'an.

This is actually Qin Lang paving the way for the two uncles. It is the so-called hype, and the effect is indeed very good. Originally, it was astonishing to be named on the gold list, and second in high school. This made the people of Chang'an even more excited.

Qin Lang looked at the three first-class people who came to pay homage to the teacher today. They were all young heroes in their twenties. In fact, these three people had very good family backgrounds. His family background is actually better than Lai's. Shangguanyi's father was the deputy supervisor of Jiangdu Palace at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and his grandfather was the governor of the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties.

Shangguanyi's father, like the Laiheng brothers' father, was killed in the Jiangdu Incident, so he also declined during the Sui Dynasty, but after all, he was also the son of a high-ranking official, and he was not comparable to ordinary small landlords.

Brother Laijia got help from Qin Qiong, while Shangguanyi relied entirely on Yang Gongren. There is actually a reason why he was caught by Yang Gongren this time.

After the death of Shangguanyi's father, he was exiled in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to avoid disaster, he had to be ordained and become a monk in Yangzhou to study Buddhist scriptures. After all, Shangguanyi is a son of an official, and he is very talented, so even if he is a monk, he is very famous. After Yang Gongren was dismissed, he went to Yangzhou to serve as the governor of the Metropolitan Government, the actual leader of the Jianghuai area.

Yang Gongren met Shangguanyi in Yangzhou. Yang Gongren was a descendant of the imperial family of the Sui Dynasty, and he had some old acquaintances with the Shangguan family. It happened that the imperial court had eliminated Buddhism and Taoism, so Yang Gongren simply persuaded Shangguanyi to return to vulgarity and recommended him to take the imperial examination. .

Qin Lang remembered that these three people were the prime ministers of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu in history. Qin Lang was indeed very fair in the Jinshi examination this time, without any selfishness, but the three of them were still able to break through the encirclement and ranked first. , this is the real thing.

Especially Shangguanyi, who has been a monk for many years and is proficient in the Three Theories, is a master in this area, but if he takes off his cassock and takes a test with a pen, he can still win the position of Tanhualang.

In this imperial examination, many people actually came to say hello to Qin Lang, wanting him to take care of his nephew or something, and some even directly wanted a ranking, but Qin Lang refused them all.

Shangguan Yichang is very handsome, and the older of the three is indeed a good-looking talent. No wonder his granddaughter, Shangguan Wan'er, can turn upside down in history.

"Have you decided where to go?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

As the first class of Jinshi this time, they were also listed as sons-in-law by the prime minister's family, so the whereabouts of the three of them now are of great concern. Many yamen have extended olive branches and wanted to pull them over.

Lai Heng said, "Now we have a few places for us to choose, namely Secretary Supervisor, Hongwen Museum and Imperial Academy. In addition, Transshipment Department and other places are also interested. The students have not made up their minds for a while. I want to ask the seat teacher to give me an opinion."

As the three talents who are now well-known in Chang'an, it is really up to them to choose from the three provinces and six departments.

Among these optional positions, the three yamen, Secretary Supervisor, Hongwenguan and Hanlin Academy, although they are relatively idle yamen with low real power, but they have a characteristic that they are noble, especially they have the opportunity to serve the king, to put it bluntly This is a place where they can showcase their talents.

Endure loneliness for a few years, and your career will be smoother in the future.

After all, staying directly in the center for a few years can exercise the overall view, not to mention having the opportunity to be appreciated by the emperor and reused exceptionally.

However, yamen like the transshipment department of the three provinces and six departments are more pragmatic. Do things as soon as you come up, and your promotion may be faster.

Qin Lang smiled, "You are all famous talents all over the world. In terms of long-term planning, it is actually better for you to go to the Secretary Jianhong Wenguan or the Imperial Academy now. If you are free, you will have more time to calm down and have a good time. Learning is also convenient for them to use their talents and strengths. Of course, if you want to do things earlier, you can go directly to the six departments of the three provinces, or come directly to our transshipment department, and learn while doing things, and you will grow faster. So leisurely, it will be very tiring."

This is also the preferential treatment only available to the first class. The other second and third class new subjects, including those admitted to the other five subjects, will have to take another examination by the Ministry of Officials.

The official examination is also the examination before being awarded an official. It is no longer a professional thing to be tested, but four examinations of words and deeds.

First try to accept the judgment, the calligraphy and regular script are beautiful, and the judgment is qualified for the excellent arts and sciences.

After the test, go to Quan, check his body and words, the body must be rich in appearance, and the words must be correct, the four are qualified, and then through the annotation, ask what he can, and what official is proposed.

In the end, it can be reported to Shangshu Pushe by the Ministry of Officials, and Pushe will then transfer to the next province for repeated review.

The procedure is very cumbersome.

Examinations by the Ministry of Officials are often more difficult than the imperial examinations administered by the Ministry of Rites. There is a saying at the time that if you take four exams in the Ministry of Rites, you will get 10%, and if you take three exams in the Ministry of Officials, you will not succeed.

Books and judgments are good writing and proficiency in the law.

But passing these two hurdles is not enough, you have to test your body and speech, that is, you have to have good looks and good eloquence. If you have a disability, or even lack of correct facial features, you won't be able to pass, and if you stutter or something, you won't be able to pass.

Although it is not like the selection of soldiers that must be more than six feet tall, each one must be 1.8 meters, but at least you must not be too bad. If you are 1.6 meters, you will not be able to be an official, and you will not be able to hunchback or lame.

Therefore, with these restrictions, the official examination often results in many successful applicants, and even if you pass, you still have to stand for candidates, that is, you are waiting for official vacancies. If there are no vacancies, you can only continue to wait.

At present, it was better in the early Tang Dynasty. Compared with the imperial examinations, there were not many candidates, so there were few candidates. Historically, in the mid-to-late Tang Dynasty, Jinshi candidates were often rejected for ten years. The consumption in Chang'an was high, so they were extremely poor in Beijing, relying on debts to survive, which was very miserable.

Of the three new subjects, Zhuangyuan Lang was only nineteen years old this year, and the second place was even younger than Qin Lang, the chief examiner, only seventeen. Tanhua Shangguanyi was slightly older, twenty-one years old.

The three of them sincerely asked Qin Lang how to choose.

In fact, the son-in-law who has become the prime minister is also a first-class man. If he chooses casually, his official career will be very good.

"If you go to the secretary department, then you can only be the school clerk of the ninth grade or the ninth grade. It is very noble, but it is also very leisurely. It organizes books, writes articles, and occasionally serves as the king. Write poetry."

Although the job rank of the secretary province is low, it is indeed leisurely and honorable.

Lai Heng thought for a while, "If the students go to the transfer department of the teacher, what can they do?"

"The Transshipment Department is a government office that does things. It is responsible for the national economy. When you arrive at the Transshipment Department, you will not be so leisurely. You will be very busy. You will even have to learn from scratch when you arrive at the Transshipment Department. You may also have to work overtime often, and even patrol Local business trips, but as long as you can persevere and work hard, then I can guarantee that you can make rapid progress here."

"There are six bureaus under the transfer department, and there are corresponding six offices, the Secretary's Office and the Kongmu Office."

"You are the number one scholar. If you are willing to come to the Transshipment Department, I can arrange for you to go to the Secretary's Office to be the head of the eighth grade. If you perform well, you can be promoted to the seventh grade secretary in at most one year."