"absurd--"

No news in Luoyang City could escape the emperor's soft eyes. Using an exaggerated metaphor, the emperor was the first to know that the ditch was blocked.

As long as he wants, he can know.

However, as soon as the story of Jiaozhou scholar crying for Zhang Dupu, Li Jia felt something was wrong.

This kid is trying to win prestige!

Why?

It is for the upcoming spring exam and the final palace exam, so as to get a bigger ranking.

This made Li Jia quite angry. He could not stop this despicable method.

It’s nothing else. Although the imperial examination system has begun to implement the name-absorbing system and even severely crack down on requests, the trend is still there for hundreds of years and there are still some leftovers.

However, Li Jia didn't care about the move to gain fame. No matter how famous he is, it would be useless if he couldn't pass the exam.

What annoyed him was that judging by the behavior of crying for local officials and the praise of the people, from the central government to the local government, there was still a trend of states and counties as states.

In other words, the people of a state regard the governor of the state as the chief monarch to serve loyalty and respect. This is left over from the Han Dynasty and still exists today.

For example, in the principle of avoiding taboos, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, they only needed to avoid taboos in the emperor's family, while in the Tang and Song dynasties, local governors and their families also had to avoid taboos.

For example, only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps.

Even during the Northern Song Dynasty, Changzhou prefect Tian Deng stipulated that people under his rule would avoid his name. If anyone mistakenly made a mistake, he would be very slapped, and many officials were beaten for this.

Therefore, people had to change "lantern" (homophony "deng") to "fire". There is a custom in this state that lanterns are placed on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, allowing people to enter the city to watch. It was originally lighted for three days, but only a notice was posted: "This state sets fire for three days according to the custom."

When the people saw it, they panicked and thought they were going to set fire for three days, so they fled.

Avoiding taboos is a microcosm of states and counties as states.

For example, the governor's parents died and had to be banned from marriage and funerals, mourning for him for several days, or setting off fireworks to celebrate his birthday, etc.

This trend is also a booster for local separatism.

Why didn't the emperor get angry when he saw it?

But the trend can only be improved slowly, rather than just a single word. Even the emperor does not have such power.

"Let the Shooting Department keep an eye on me. If there are any local officials who avoid taboos, or celebrate birthdays, and filial piety during funerals, you will report them!"

Li Jia gritted her teeth and said, "I don't believe it anymore, I can't turn it around."

Soon, as time goes by, the spring test in April has arrived.

The Gongyuan in Luoyang looks particularly spacious and bright.

As early as the beginning of the expansion of Luoyang, the tribute court of the Ministry of Rites was the top priority.

Considering the vast territory and the increase in scholars, the Gongyuan in Luoyang has more than 3,000 narrow houses for the examination, and a large number of open spaces have been reserved, which is enough to continue to be built.

There were no rain houses or toilets in later generations, and almost everyone was equal, even if it had an impact, the same was true.

Some people have said that such a narrow space is not conducive to scholars' examinations and affects their grades.

But the emperor directly refuted: "Only if you endure hardships, you will be the best. If you can't bear this little hardship, why should you become an official? Is it the one who chose them to enjoy their happiness?"

Therefore, for the sake of fairness of the exam, taking off the clothes and body searching is not prohibited and will continue to maintain it.

The strict search system is a bit shameful for ordinary juren, but it is a fair guarantee. What does this count as an official position?

As early as half a month ago, Yuan Dezhao entered the tribute school and became the chief examiner.

This made many people's chins shocked.

You should know that as early as February, the emperor arranged Deng Bin as the chief examiner, that is, the identity of the tribute judge. Before the exam, he suddenly changed his mind, which was simply incredible.

Some people guessed that the emperor did it on purpose and shot it with a fake shot.

Some people say it was Yuan Dezhao's plea, while others say it was Deng Bin who was sick and difficult to invigilate the exam.

Deng Mansion.

"Bah—" Deng Bin threw out the basket of gifts in front of him and said irritably: "I told you a long time ago, don't accept those gifts. Now it's time to see what you do in the future? How can I meet people?"

"I'm not a big deal!" The wife said distractedly, looked at the gifts all over the ground with distress, and said aggrievedly: "They threw down their things and left, leaving another famous post. If I didn't accept them, your reputation would have been ruined."

"Oh!" sighed, Deng Bin sat up, and said with a weak voice: "From today, you will close the door. Don't open it before the spring test is over, just say I'm sick and shameless!"

"Hey!" My wife also looked disappointed. There were so many gifts, and they were only in the early stages, and there were a lot of them after the event was completed!

The door of Deng's mansion closed caused many people to curse.

Without mentioning money, the energy and time wasted in words was enough to make those confident people panic.

In just half a month, the chief examiner and the same examiner both entered the tribute school, and they would definitely not be able to connect. It was so disgusting.

In the Political Affairs Hall, Sun Zhao sat leisurely and laughed as he looked at the memorials.

"Why are you laughing?" Wang Pu asked with his hands down.

"Not why!" Sun Zhao shook his head and said, "I just thought of Deng Wenmei. The scenery in the first two months was so beautiful that the gates were crowded. I'm afraid the threshold was broken, and they were all requested. I heard that the Police Department had to send people to maintain the streets."

"Hahaha, now, his sick leave has left many people's plans to be lost, and he has suffered a lot of complaints for no reason. The more proud he was before, the more disappointed he is now!"

Sun Zhao's words made everyone laugh. The situation was too upside down and made people feel happy.

"Earlier, I suspected that according to the previous rules, it was half a month ahead of time. Why did this be two months ahead of time? Sure enough, there is a reputation among them!"

Wang Pu smiled and couldn't help laughing: "Don't say, Xianggong Deng is sick, it's quite right."

Now, everyone couldn't help laughing.

The emperor in the harem was also in a particularly happy mood. He hugged and laughed: "Those high-ranking officials and noble children thought they had found the trick and were overjoyed. Unexpectedly, I had used my trick to replace the pillars, and they were stunned."

Zhou Ying'er said sweetly: "The hands are too deep, there are people!"

"Your Majesty is so bad!"

"No, Your Majesty is so smart!" Lin Daier's eyes were bright and she praised: "The imperial examination was originally a selection of scholars for the country. Those rich and noble children should be deceived if they try to take shortcuts."

"That's right!"
Chapter completed!