As soon as the court meeting ended, a group of officials from the Song Dynasty began to talk to each other before they even left the palace.
"...What does Your Majesty want to do? He actually issued such a ridiculous decree."
"This is not ridiculous. I guess the officials feel that there is a lack of vitality in the court..."
Hearing the description of vigorous vitality, several officials grinned and made loud noises.
God is so full of vitality, just those second-generation and third-generation sub-officials, one or two idle and lackeys fighting cocks.
If there are one or two people who are honest and don't cause trouble, they can be regarded as the best among the officials' children, okay?
"This time, the official family will let all the children of officials above fifth grade in Tokyo, as long as they are over ten years old.
All students need to take the special examination in order to participate in the Jinke examination at the end of next month. Isn't this a joke? "
"As the officials have said, those officials' sons are in Tokyo all day long, running around like dogs and chickens, doing whatever they want."
"Haha, maybe it was the only son of Captain Gao's family who beat up Cai Liulang three times a few days ago, causing uproar in the city and upsetting the official family..."
"That's why I issued such an edict, just to slap the officials and discipline their children to study well, so that they don't get into trouble again."
“That’s true, but the problem is, it’s also stated in the will.
All officials' children who have passed the special examination can participate in any subject examination. "
"If those officials and officials who think highly of themselves want to try their skills at Jinshi and Mingjing Ke."
"I am waiting for the officials from the Ministry of Etiquette. I am afraid that I will be so tired that I will vomit blood..."
"You don't have to worry too much. Ming Jing Ke may have it, but Jin Shi Ke is just a bunch of officials' children? Haha."
"Thirty-old Ming Jing, fifty-young Jinshi, those officials' children between ten and eighteen years old.
It would be great to be able to stand out in the Ming Jing Department if you have one or two, and Jin Shi Department, tsk tsk..."
The eunuch standing at the entrance of the palace was listening to the high talk of these officials from the Song Dynasty.
I couldn't help but curl my lips, quietly entered the hall, and whispered to Yang Jian in a low voice.
Yang Jian quickly came to Zhao Ji, who was standing and moving a little stiffly, and quietly reported the discussions of the ministers outside the palace.
Zhao Ji couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth. "Okay, let them make their own guesses."
"In this way, no one will think that I am using any tricks to inherit my legacy."
When Yang Jian heard this, his eyelids jumped wildly. Indeed, he was the only one who knew, but he had to keep his mouth shut.
Otherwise, even if you don't protect your head, it will be light. You are just a eunuch, a servant of the official family, and your life and death will depend on the official's thoughts.
"The officials are wise, not to mention that the officials are doing this for the sake of the officials' children. It is understandable..."
Yang Jian's words actually entered Zhao Ji's heart. He nodded slightly to Yang Jian with pleasure and looked outside the palace door.
The questions in this special test are quite simple, and it can even be said to be an open-book test.
That is, as long as they can recite the entire "Thousand-Character Classic", all officials' children can take part in the provincial examination at the end of next month.
If you can't even recite an article like "The Thousand-Character Essay" for beginners, then it's a waste of time to take the exam.
Zhao Ji remembered, however, that Yang Jian had come to report to him about the academic status of Gao Zhang's child.
This disciple of mine can already recite the entire Thousand Character Essay.
In this way, Gao Zhang will definitely be able to pass the special examination, and then let him take part in the imperial examination for Jinshi. At that time...
Zhao Ji suddenly turned his head, looked at Yang Jian, and showed a gentle and gratifying smile towards this confidant.
Shengsheng made Yang Jian laugh on the spot. He was full of confusion in his heart. Why did the official laugh?
And he smiled so hard that it made his heart ache, and he always felt like he was going to suffer.
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"My father is looking for me?"
Cai Laoliu, who was eating delicious pastries in the house, heard a servant coming to report.
I shuddered subconsciously and quickly stuffed the remaining pastries into my mouth to calm down my shock.
Since the day I went to Gaofu to become a disciple and came back, I have been staying at home to grow up these days, and I really haven't done anything bad.
"Is my father unhappy?"
"The master is not unhappy, and I feel that the master seems to be very happy and impatient."
Cai Yao, the sixth child, finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he would not suffer any physical pain today.
After wiping his lips, Cai Laoliu hurried to his father's study.
As soon as he entered the study, he saw his father copying a thin book and waving to him.
"Come on, come on, Rokuro, come here, I remember asking you how your studies were going before.
You once said that you can already memorize "The Thousand-Character Classic", right? "
"Ah, this..." Cai Laoliu's face froze, and when he saw the sharp look from his father, he could only brace himself and said.
"Children do know how to carry some."
"How many will you carry?"
Cai Jing looked at the fat son who had not yet wiped off the oil stains on his mouth, and his tone was already a little unhappy.
"Some..." Cai Laoliu wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied in a low voice.
"……a little bit?"
I am busy with government affairs, busy with party struggles, busy with intrigues, busy with corruption...
Mr. Cai, who was already so busy that he had no time to discipline his children, looked at his fat son with a very suspicious expression.
He simply sat down behind the desk, raised his hand and pointed at Cai Laoliu, then pointed in front of him.
"Come, sit down in front of me and carry it on your back. Let me see how much you can carry it."
Cai Laoliu, who felt sleepy when he read and became energetic when he ate, started to gain weight too quickly.
"Dad, the child has just eaten and is a little sleepy. Do you want to carry it back later?"
"Um?!"
I saw my own father's eyes filled with fierce light, as if he wanted to eat people.
One hand had already picked up the shiny and heavy ruler, and Cai Laoliu was sweating.
"The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and moon are waxing and waning, and the stars and constellations are arrayed. Cold comes and summer comes, autumn...autumn..."
"Autumn harvest..." Cai Jing, whose face turned dark, couldn't help but remind Cai Laoliu, who was stuttering.
"Autumn harvest, autumn harvest..."
"No more?" Cai Jing, whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, began to grind his teeth.
"The autumn harvest is gone, the leap years are over, law, law..."
"???" Cai Jing almost broke his nose in anger. How the hell do you know how to memorize it?
"You can't even memorize ten sentences, how dare you tell your father that you can memorize it?!"
"The child only said he could memorize, but he didn't say he could memorize everything." Cai Laoliu, who was very rebellious, couldn't help but retort.
The next moment, there was another burst of banging sounds in Prime Minister Cai's study, and Cai Laoliu's energetic howling...
