On April 20th, there were about 500 people who passed the literary test, more than 600 people who passed the martial arts test, and a total of more than 900 people who passed the civil and military subjects without overlapping subjects. These more than 900 people were dressed in red clothes given by the emperor, and wore big chests.

The red velvet flowers were paraded around the city, with Yu Linshi guarding them on the left and right, the emperor's guard of honor as the forerunner, and the palace music troupe as accompaniment.

Along the way, there were crowds of onlookers. Wherever the parade went, people followed. On this day, people all over the city seemed to have come. The shops on the street were closed. Even the small merchants and hawkers were gone.

Went to watch the parade.

In the team, among the scholars wearing red clothes with bright red flowers on their chests, some were high-spirited and held their heads high, while others were from poor backgrounds and had never experienced such a big scene. They were very reserved along the way, with their heads lowered and did not dare to raise them.

"Brother Du! Brother Du!"

Among the noisy crowds, some excited voices shouted to the team.

Du Er, who was in the team, heard a familiar voice and hurriedly followed the sound to find someone.

Du Er saw at a glance that his family and neighbors were crowding in the crowd and waving to him.

In the crowd, Du Er saw his dull and timid old father. The old father wanted to squeeze in and say something, but he hesitated and did not dare to come.

Du Er's eyes were sore. He rushed out of the team regardless, separated the crowd, squeezed into the crowd, came to the front of his father, knelt down with a plop, and Dongdong kowtowed several times.

Others whispered that Du Er was filial.

This was the most glorious moment for Old Man Du in decades. Old Man Du's eyes were red. He lifted his son up with trembling hands. The father and son looked at each other, each other's eyes were red.

Old Man Du, who was clumsy with words, finally couldn't think of anything nice to say, "Son, go ahead, don't make people wait any longer." Old Man Du said.

"Yeah." Du Er nodded and chased after the team.

Old man Du watched his son return to the team and looked back here step by step.

Old man Du waved to his son, who nodded and walked away.

After Du Er left, the neighbors began to compliment Old Man Du with great envy.

"Ah, what the second one is wearing today looks really good."

"Isn't it true? It looks like good silk at first glance."

"The second brother is going to be successful this time. There is going to be an official in our neighborhood!"

Old man Du was greatly benefited from the compliments from his neighbors. His face was full of smiles and his back straightened involuntarily.

Old man Du's investment was now richly rewarded.

In the past, there was a time when an official committed a crime and was dismissed from his official position. After that, he lived nearby. Old man Du was a swill carrier. He was so poor that he could hardly afford to eat, but he spent a lot of money to send his son to study. This is

Once given, it lasts for many years.

On weekdays, the neighbors often laughed at Old Man Du, laughing at him because his house was so poor that it was about to collapse, and he still had such delusional thoughts as to whether he wanted to be an official.

But today it was proved, thanks to Old Man Du's choice at that time.

Let’s talk about the second son of the Du family. He was from the lowest background, but he stood out among thousands of scholars. The person who taught him was amazing.

This has to be said that in today's world, which is chaotic, only those who are truly knowledgeable and courageous will not be able to stay in the court. Those who have no ideas and only focus on currying favor will end up in the smoky court.

It's like a fish in water.

A court official ended up having no money and had to move to a poor alley. This shows that this person is honest and upright.

There is a wise man in the wild, and the second son of the Du family was lucky enough to be benefited by a wise man. What a blessing.

The neighbors were envious of the Du family's good fortune, and asked old man Du about his apprenticeship, and wanted to send their children to him.

Everyone asked Old Man Du to help him speak, and everyone agreed that no matter how much money it was, it would be fine.

The impact of the imperial examination must be far-reaching. The imperial examination allowed the people at the bottom who had no future to see a ladder to reach the sky in one step. There is no doubt that after the imperial examination in Luoyang, the academic style will flourish in Luoyang.

In the parade, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde were in high spirits, and he was extremely busy going back and forth.

Cao Cao wandered around in the crowd. He followed them for a while in a harmonious and natural manner. He started talking at the right time. After talking happily for a while, Cao Cao revealed his identity to people at the right time, "A certain Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, is currently under the command of Huangfu Zhonglanghui."

It’s great to be on the job, my brother is on the high school rankings! If you have some free time, can you come and talk to me?”

Although the scholars on the ranking list have already distinguished themselves, the imperial court has not yet awarded them official positions. Among the scholars, not many have official status, and most of them are white.

At this very moment, facing the invitation of Cao Cao, who was an official, everyone said that if they had free time, they would go to his house.

Cao Cao exchanged a few pleasantries and headed elsewhere.

Cao Cao was just as hungry as he was willing to eat, and he didn't pick anyone. He would greet people and win over them. This is where the advantages of the imperial examination are reflected. The fairness of the imperial examination was unparalleled. All the talents he picked were truly knowledgeable.

people.

Cao Cao was busy trying to recruit talents, but some people were filled with disappointment.

Yuan Shao, who had failed, stood in the crowd beside the road. The people in the crowd were excitedly and enthusiastically discussing the excitement and splendor of the parade. Yuan Shao stood there as motionless as a wooden block, out of tune with the lively crowd.

Suddenly, Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, "Cao Mengde!" He waved to the team and shouted, "Mengde!"

His friend was in the team, and although Yuan Shao failed, he was also heartfeltly happy for Cao Cao.

However, due to the hustle and bustle of the crowd, Cao Cao, who was wearing a red ribbon with flowers in the team, was chatting animatedly with others, and he did not hear Yuan Shao's call at all.

Yuan Shao watched Cao Cao go away, not even holding back the hand he raised above his head in greeting.

Yuan Shao suddenly felt that the crowd was too noisy. He lost interest in the parade, tossed his sleeves, and went home.

The luxurious and lively parade circled the city of Luoyang three times through the alleys and streets, which was extremely grand.

After the parade, after noon, the imperial examination scholars were summoned to the palace for a banquet.

According to later generations, the banquet held to entertain new scholars should be called the Qionglin Banquet.

The Qionglin Banquet was held at the Yulin Military Academy Ground, the only place in the palace that had enough open space.

A banquet has been prepared in the school grounds. Emperor Ling has been waiting for him for a long time. Liu Xuande, who facilitated this grand imperial examination event, is also at his side.

When the scholars arrived, Liu Bei secretly hinted to Emperor Yi Ling that he could give them a few words of encouragement.

Emperor Ling listened to Liu Bei's words. He stood up and glanced at the brilliant talents in red clothes. Emperor Ling didn't know what it means to have all the talents. Most of the scholars on the list were young people. Emperor Ling

I don’t know what it means to be like the rising sun.

Emperor Ling just stepped forward and said to all the successful scholars, "It is a great blessing for the country to have talents gathered together! Come, let's have a banquet!"

Emperor Ling's words made the scholars feel hot in their hearts.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" A wave of thanks came out.

It was still the same school grounds. I had been busy with exams here before, and now I came back to attend a banquet personally given by His Majesty. However, a few days later, when I returned to the old place again, the minds of the scholars were completely different.

At the Qionglin banquet, the wine and food were all good, and the beautiful maids who were serving wine and dishes were also very beautiful. In addition, His Majesty personally gave the banquet, the joy of winning the ranking, and the harmony of everyone toasting to each other and chatting. All these made the scholars very happy.

High-spirited.

A Qionglin banquet lasted for several hours and ended at night.

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On the following day, an imperial order was issued, and the emperor ordered all the Chinese, civil and military officials of the court, as well as officials of all departments and departments, to suspend all government affairs and come to the court to discuss affairs.

The venue for the political discussion was chosen to be the Harin Military Academy Ground, because there were too many people summoned and the court hall was not large enough to accommodate it.

There were more than 2,000 civil and military officials from the DPRK and China, as well as subordinate officials, large and small, totaling more than 2,000 people. This was only a partial number. More than 2,000 people lined up on the left side of the school field.

There are more than 800 scholars who have been selected, and they are lined up on the right.

These two parties, one is the old bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty, the other is the newly recruited talents from the imperial examination, one is wearing black official uniforms, the other is wearing bright red clothes, they are in the same place, from the position and the color of the uniform, the two parties

There is a vague sense of incompatibility between man and horse.

Liu Xuande received the instructions from Emperor Ling and came out with a long list in his hands.

After reading it briefly, Liu Bei glanced at the names at the bottom of the list. Liu Bei stared at the list and read aloud, "Cang Cao Shi, Jia He, Wang Zheng, Xu Feng, Xu Meng, Zhao Bu, Wang Mo and other seven people

Get out of the queue!"

Cangcao Shi is an official under Cangcao Rong, who is in charge of Canggu affairs.

The people called are all small officials in charge of various warehouses in Luoyang.

At the beginning of this court event, instead of asking senior officials first, they summoned junior officials first. Things were unusual, and many people had noticed something unusual.

The people whose names were called came forward in a hurry from the back of the team, "My lord, please see your Majesty!" they all said in obeisance.

Liu Bei glanced at the few warehouse officials, and then looked at the list in his hand. It was written on the list that among the seven people, the more people made more than 500,000 yuan, and the few people made more than 100,000 yuan.

Officials, all of them were bought.

Liu Bei glanced at a few people coldly and asked coldly, "I want to ask you, what are the warehouses you are in charge of, how high are they? How many are the warehouses? How much grain is stored? How many soldiers are there in the warehouses?"

What’s the method for guarding warehouses and preventing bans?”

Being shouted at by Liu Bei, several people who spent money to buy official positions felt nervous.

They raised their heads and secretly looked at Liu Bei, only to be met with Liu Bei's cold gaze.

"Tell me! The barn is your responsibility. Can you answer that, or can't you?" Liu Bei stared at these people and asked again in a cold voice.

"Yes! Yes!" Cangcao Jiahe quickly wiped his sweat and replied, "Liubei Cang, which is under the control of the humble minister, is five feet high and has more than a hundred warehouses. It is useless to store grain and has more than a hundred soldiers to guard it.

The way to prevent the ban is to rotate two shifts day and night."
To be continued...