Yingtian Academy.
"It's pretty much the same as the outside world."
Fan Zhongyan said frankly: "After all, the government-viewing system concerns every student who aspires to an official career. There are some who agree with it and some who criticize it."
In fact, these words are in vain.
It can be seen that Fan Zhongyan himself does not want to discuss more on this topic.
But Zheng Jian didn't think so.
"well."
I saw him sigh slightly: "Observing politics is indeed beneficial to state affairs, but the time is too long."
"Two years, how many two years are there in life?"
Zheng Jian's sentiments indeed came from the heart. Two years may not seem like much at first, but for those who are over thirty years old and are new scholars.
Two years is not a short time.
If both parents are present, it still has to be Ding You's time.
After the death of his parents, he stopped participating in politics for three years.
If the parents' bereavement periods do not overlap, it means that it takes up six years.
Six years, plus two years of observing politics, a full eight years!
Eight years is not a short time.
If an "unlucky" official is in his thirties, has been in office for two years, and then encounters the death of his parents, he will probably be forty years old by the time the mourning period ends and he becomes an official.
Half of his body was buried in the ground.
In this case, what future is there?
In addition, don’t forget the difficulty of selecting people to change officials.
Perhaps because of the lack of these two years, those who enter the official life have been ups and downs in the selection stage.
From the perspective of an "elderly" candidate like Zheng Jian, the political review system is likely to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
No one knows what will happen in two years.
On the other side, seeing Zheng Jian sighing, Fan Zhongyan couldn't help but feel a little unbearable, considering that the two of them were likely to become brothers-in-law in the future.
After thinking for a moment, Fan Zhongyan comforted him.
"Brother Tianxiu, you might as well wait a little longer for this matter. Maybe things will change."
Hearing this, Zheng Jian's heart suddenly cheered up and he looked at Fan Zhongyan with hope.
"Brother Xiwen, could it be that you heard something?"
In the eyes of others, Fan Zhongyan was a popular figure in front of the emperor. There might be some gossip on his side, but that's not necessarily the case.
Just now Zheng Jian specifically mentioned this matter, maybe without trying.
"That's not true."
Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said: "I don't know more about this matter than you, nor do I know it earlier than you. The variables are just my personal speculation."
"oh."
Hearing this, Zheng Jian nodded thoughtfully.
Apparently, he misunderstood.
Fan Zhongyan also saw this, but he did not explain it.
Once a person is determined about something, it is very difficult to change the other person's understanding.
Instead of wasting words and adding 'misunderstandings', it is better to let this wonderful misunderstanding continue.
In fact, Fan Zhongyan has not heard any rumors. Although Li Jie attaches great importance to him, Fan Zhongyan is still in the development stage.
Letting Fan Zhongyan intervene in the central government's political disputes in advance would not help him, but harm him.
Don't try to force the seedlings to grow.
As Fan Zhongyan said, this is indeed his personal guess, and he firmly believes that the imperial court will not implement this system casually.
Because he believes in officials.
With the official's talent, he would never think of it all.
The Guanzheng system will definitely not rudely delay the new academic qualifications for two years.
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Lu Mansion.
"Gongxu (Song Chu), Zijing (Song Qi), if you were asked to choose, would you like to go somewhere to observe politics, or stay in the capital?"
(ps: Song Chu should have been renamed during the Baoyuan period, that is, around 1038, from Song Jiao to Song Chu. For convenience of writing, we will directly call it Song Chu here)
In this year's Kaifeng Prefecture examination, Song Chu ranked first, and the day when the results were released was when he became famous.
Although there is no explicit stipulation that the first place in Kaifeng Prefecture's examination must be passed, but based on the old system, it is almost a certainty that Song Ti will be ranked first.
It was precisely because Song Tiji came first in the test that Lu Yijian met with the two brothers.
Otherwise, the affection of his father-in-law Ma Liang alone would not be enough for Lu Yi to meet the Second Song Dynasty alone.
"Returning to Mr. Xianggong, students believe that a position does not matter, it only depends on one's efforts. Therefore, students prefer to go to local states and counties."
As the elder brother, Song Chi was naturally the first to answer. As soon as he finished speaking, Song Qi followed suit.
"Like my brother, students also want to go somewhere."
Song Qi did not directly state the reason why he wanted to go there, because he knew very well that Lu Xianggong valued his brother.
Meeting him today was just in passing.
However, he was not jealous at all about this matter.
Song Chu was his biological brother. What could the two brothers be jealous of?
The more his brother is taken seriously, the happier he is.
In fact, this is not the first time a similar situation has occurred.
Song Qi felt this when they visited Liu Yun before.
"Well."
Lu Yijian laughed and stroked his beard.
"There is no big or small position. For Gongxu to have this understanding, he is worthy of being the first in the interpretation test."
"The prime minister is so complimentary."
After hearing this, Song Chi immediately stood up from his chair and bowed slightly.
"These are my father's words, not Gongxu's original creation."
Lu Yijian smiled and raised his hand: "Sit down, there is no need to be so polite."
"If I remember correctly, your father passed the Ming Jing (various subjects) exam during the Duangong period (Taizong), right?"
(ps: The Ming Jing branch has a long history, which can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. However, by the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the Ming Jing branch was mostly abandoned, and the same was true in the early Song Dynasty. In the early Song Dynasty, the Ming Jing mostly referred to other branches)
Although the Song family was also a family of high-ranking officials, Song Chi's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all entered officialdom successively, but their positions were not very high.
For example, Song Chu's father, Song Qi, had been an official for thirty years, and his highest position was in Jiangling Prefecture (being a left official in a state government was similar to someone joining the army).
Given Lu Yijian's position, of course he would not know Song Qi.
After all, the distance between the two was thousands of miles away. The reason why he knew that Song Chu's father was a Confucian scholar during Taizong Duangong's reign was entirely because he had seen the family status of Song Chu and others.
What is family status?
That is, the candidate's personal resume, which includes the candidate's name, number of references, age, three generations of ancestors, history of administration, number of examinations, etc.
Family status is one of the documents that must be provided to participate in the interpretation test, and will be kept in official files.
Song Chu ranked first in the examination in Kaifeng Mansion. It was foreseeable that he would definitely pass in this subject.
Therefore, I don’t know how much information has been collected about his family status.
Hearing Lu Yijian clearly tell the information about his father, Er Song felt moved in his heart.
Mr. Lu, who is he? He even knows his father's official career.
For example, it is like a senior national official knowing the name of a certain city or county clerk. When encountering this situation, shock is inevitable.
