"Yuan Shu is a bad name." Yuan Shuzhi shook his head and said, "A lot of people know my name. If I change it rashly, others will be suspicious. Fortunately, most people only know how to pronounce it, but they don't know how to write these three characters. Yes. Today I will change the word to have the same pronunciation but a different word." He thought for a moment and said, "I'll call him Yuan Shuzhi." He picked up the pen and ink and wrote three large characters on the rough-edged paper.
Zeng Juan thought to himself that this is really an old fox!
The next day, I went to the police station to register for residence under this name. From this, a household registration certificate and a certificate of no criminal record were issued. The person who handled Yuan Shuzhi's theft was the Public Security Section of the Municipal Bureau. According to the rules, the case records of those who have been dealt with must be sent to the police station where the person is registered. However, Yuan Shuzhi did not have a household registration in the past, so the case records were left in the archives of the Municipal Bureau. Naturally, the police station could not find his criminal record. He got passed easily.
The day to register for the civil service exam has finally arrived. Because Yuan Shuzhi looked a little old and his hair was gray, he dyed his hair the night before and put some rouge on his face to make himself look "radiant."
Article 2 The two of them came to the registration site together. The registration location was in the former Guangzhou Fuxue School, which was inaccessible to the whole family.
Fu Xue has now been taken over by the Ministry of Education and is preparing to build the first secondary school in Guangzhou. These days it is lent to the city government as a registration space for civil servants.
The courtyard was already crowded with people who came to sign up. Unlike the police exam, almost all of them were "well-dressed people". Regardless of whether they were well-dressed or not, at least everyone was wearing a long shirt, and there was absolutely no "short-shirt gang".
There are large notice boards standing around the yard, which list the departments, positions and related requirements for civil servant recruitment. The content is exactly the same as the content on the public examination account of "Yangcheng Express". Zeng Juan and the others will naturally not look at it again, but for many people, this is the first time they have seen all the recruitment information, and they are dazzled by the densely packed positions and requirements.
"You must order a newspaper!" Many people in the crowded crowd secretly swore.
After reading it, many people still didn’t understand what the relevant positions were, so they flocked to the consultation office to ask what the specific job responsibilities were. More than a dozen naturalized civilian cadres were overwhelmed.
Zeng Juan and Yuan Shuzhi were very confident and calmly took the household register and supporting documents to the registration office.
At this time, Zeng Juan saw a scholar with a "breadlocked" haircut, but wearing a blue shirt that had been washed white. Take a closer look and you will see that this is the bearded Ming who cut off his bun in public at the public trial a few days ago!
After having his hair cut in public, Hu Ming instantly became a "celebrity" in Guangzhou and even appeared in the "Yangcheng Express". Although many people were relieved by his actions, many people privately ridiculed him for "fishing for fame" and even called him "quite crazy about officialdom." Of course, many people feel that regardless of whether he is speculative or not, the Australians must reward him with an official position.
However, half a month after the public trial ended, Hu Ming was still a poor scholar, and no Australians came to seek him out as an official. Hu Ming still goes to Wenlan Academy every day with his "kun hair" to give guidance. People on the street couldn't help but point fingers at him. No one among his classmates in the academy made fun of him - they had been oppressed and exploited by Mo Rongxin for many years, but he stood up and somewhat gave everyone a sigh of relief. Hu Ming was unwilling to be lonely and immediately performed another "feat" in the academy.
After Mo Rongxin, Zhong Aijiao and others were arrested, there were still several gentry members as directors of the courtyard, and the servants, stewards, doormen, cooks, and various people in the courtyard were still the same people. As soon as the beard Ming arrived at the academy, he contacted some scholars to start a rebellion and expelled all the relatives and six dependents who had been brought in by the gods from all walks of life in the academy. Those who dissatisfied were beaten to death by the scholars on the spot. The surviving director of the hospital did not dare to argue with him, but all of them pretended to be deaf and dumb.
Then he contacted all the scholars and signed a petition to Liu Xiang, requesting that the municipal government "take over the college." Liu Xiang had already been eyeing Wenlan Academy, and when Hu Ming decided to rebel, this was the golden opportunity he had been dreaming of. He immediately agreed and took over Wenlan Academy.
Hu Ming wrote another letter to say: Mo Honor and others have controlled the academy for many years, and all the servants, cooks, stewards, and accountants in the academy have used private individuals, and all of them are self-enriched. It is recommended that the stolen goods be traced one by one and thoroughly investigated.
Liu Xiang deeply believed that, so-called tiger swatting flies, the number of flies is not necessarily small. Immediately, he ordered the police station to arrest all the people from the academy and asked them to "take the initiative to return the stolen goods." It is said that they easily obtained tens of thousands of silver coins, dozens of properties, and no land. Hu Ming made another contribution to the Senate.
Naturally, Liu Xiang was unwilling to let go of such an activist and deliberately recruited him into the system. But Lin Baiguang reminded him that this was inconsistent with the cadre recruitment procedures. Since Guangzhou already has a civil service examination system, he should be allowed to enter through this route.
"This is good for both us and him, otherwise he would have to wear the label of 'anti-jin' for the rest of his life."
"I actually think we need more 'opportunists'."
"The reason why speculators are derogated as 'speculation' is because they lack faith and are purely concerned about interests." Lin Baiguang said, "Hu Ming's two actions seemed resolute and decisive, but in fact they contained elements of grandstanding. The limelight is great and the risk is minimal. Although it has a positive effect, his motives must be questioned. Besides, he has been in Wenlan Academy for many years and has never stood up to fight for anything. If we kill Mo Rongxin, he will I'm very suspicious of his motives for doing this suddenly."
Although Liu Xiang agreed with his view, he hesitated: "But we can't cool people's hearts..."
"I have no objection to absorbing him into our system, but it is best to let him come in through the public examination route."
Liu Xiang then instructed people to communicate privately with Hu Ming, asking him to take the civil service examination.
Hu Ming got the leader's signal and naturally he would not let it go. Today I eagerly came to the examination room. Hu Ming is a very thoughtful person and is also good at asking for information. Although the naturalized cadre who came to tell him to take the civil service examination did not specify which position he should take, he still applied for the position of clerk in the municipal government's general office. Because he heard that this department was directly commanded by Liu Fuyin and Lin Fuer.
Zeng Juan saw that he had a look on his face, probably because he had secretly obtained the leader's unofficial approval, and even though he was envious, he could not help but secretly despise him.
When he arrived at the registration office, Zeng Juan quickly completed the registration, but when Yuan Shuzhi arrived, there was a problem. The naturalized citizen cadre looked at the household registration information provided by Yuan Shuzhi and saw that his age was 40 years old, but he looked at this guy as being at least in his early 50s. This recruitment has specific age requirements - you must be under 40 years old.
The naturalized citizen clerk at the application office said to Yuan Shuzhi impatiently: "You are already old, what else are you thinking about! Go home and have your grandson, you are just joining in the fun!"
Yuan Shuzhi was shocked by this statement. He was extremely afraid that he would not be able to take the civil service exam. If he could not take the exam, all his hard work over the past few months would have been in vain and he would have no room for improvement in the future. He hurriedly shouted: "Serve the Song Dynasty together, old and young?! I think I have some ability and am determined to serve the Senate, why can't you fulfill my desire to serve the powerful?! Is it possible that under the rule of the Senate? Why not fake it? If you fake it, even an elderly person can take the scientific examination, but our Senate has to judge people’s entry level based on their age?!"
Many scholars around him, especially the older ones, resonated with his hustle and bustle and agreed one after another. Some even started making noises at the registration desk. The police on duty came to drive them away, and several old men lay on the ground and howled. The registration office was in chaos for a while. The naturalized civil servants’ brows were covered in sweat—although each of them had dyed hair and rouge, they looked like they were old and virtuous. If they really caused trouble, wouldn’t it damage the prestige of the Senate? ?
Things were about to get serious. Dong Yizhi, the veteran in charge of general administration of Fangcaodi, appeared. He was sent to Guangzhou by the Ministry of Education to organize educational institutions. The education department in Guangzhou has great ambitions. Not only does it want to provide basic education, but it also plans to build a middle school and so on. Of course, what kind of school to build is another matter. It is more serious to first encircle a few geomantic treasures in Guangzhou city.
Because he is a veteran of the education department, he has to be asked to help with the matter of presiding over the civil service examination. The examiner appointed by Liu Xiang for the public examination was Zhang Yunmi, the principal of Guangzhou Cadre Management School. But Zhang Yunmi didn't know anything about how to organize the exam, so he had to ask for help.
Naturally, Dong Yizhi's favor was not in vain. Liu Xiang promised to provide sufficient "convenience" in the use of land for education.
At this moment, he heard the commotion outside and came out to see what happened. As soon as he came out, the naturalized people immediately moved out of the way, and the scholars immediately became silent.
"What happened?" Dong Yizhi asked.
The naturalized cadres at the admissions office quickly explained the situation one by one.
"The charter says he must be under forty years old. There is obviously something wrong with his age on the household registration." The cadre was confused, "I understand how they feel, but the charter is all set..."
Dong Yizhi looked at the old men with dyed black hair and unnaturally red faces in front of him. Seeing their trembling looks, they were still going out to take the civil service exam. He thought to himself that they were all poor scholars who had been unhappy all their lives. Coming to take the public examination is probably their last effort to reverse their fate. It is indeed cruel to take it away like this.
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Feng Tang Yi Lao, Li Guang is difficult to seal. I will make the decision here: since you are determined to contribute to our Senate, as long as you are under 60 years old and in good health, you can apply, that's it."
This was truly a decisive moment. Yuan Shuzhi immediately shouted loudly: "Long live the Song Dynasty! Long live the Senate!" Then everyone shouted, and the whole registration office was filled with shouts of "Long Live".
