Zhenguan 4th year, 15th of July!
It was a summer night, filled with stars.
After the curfew, Chang 'an City, which was bustling during the day, became even quieter.
However, the Minister of Personnel, Zhangsun Wuji's Duke Zhao Residence was not quiet!
"Young man, be open-minded. This is your life, do you understand?”
In the guest hall!
An old man took a sip of tea and looked at a young man in simple clothes.
Immediately after, a middle-aged man who looked rather plump and was dressed in luxurious clothes glanced at Lin Hao and shook his head.
It was as if he was laughing at Lin Hao.
"You're just a commoner. Even if you can become an official in the court, what's the use?”
"You have the talent to be the top scholar, but you don't have the fate to do so!”
As he spoke, the middle-aged man sitting directly above narrowed his eyes and said,"I'll give you a hundred strings of money to buy your answer sheet.”
"Take this money and go home to do some business. You can live a good life.”
"Young man, what do you think?”
Under the candlelight!
The young man sitting on the right seat had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He had an extraordinary appearance, but his clothes were too out of place with them.
Regardless of whether it was the person on the left seat persuading him or the person sitting directly above persuading him, they were all dressed in brocade clothes.
And he was only wearing a set of coarse clothes!
Actually, he was not from this era.
Three months ago, he transmigrated and became the son of a merchant from Yizhou.
According to the fused memories, his family used to be pretty good. However, a year ago, the family had fallen.
However, other than being talented in reading, he did not know how to do business. He could only rely on his old capital.
Gradually, silk became cloth.
There was no system in transmigration, and his family was in decline. He was the only one left in the family. It could be said that he had fallen into a desperate situation the moment he arrived.
It was also at this time that the imperial court issued an edict.
Without a doubt, this imperial edict gave him a chance to reach the peak of his life.
In the third month of this year, Grand Marshal Li Jing, who had led his troops to attack the Eastern Turks, returned to court and won a complete victory, capturing Jie Li Khan alive!
From then on, the Great Tang could hold its head high and the north would submit.
Tang Emperor Li Shimin believed that it was time to develop. He believed that the imperial court needed talents and needed to recruit them.
Therefore, he issued an edict to the entire country to promote the imperial examinations and select talents.
Because his father used to be a righteous merchant and often did good deeds, the villagers knew that Lin Hao was going to the capital to take the exam, so they gathered enough money for him.
He had taken the Jinshi examination and won the first place!
However, obtaining the title of Jinshi didn't mean that one could become an official. It was just a nomination.
If one wanted to become an official of the imperial court, they would also need to participate in the selection test organized by the Ministry of Personnel.
Only after passing the selection test could one become an official of the Imperial Court. Otherwise, he could only become an advisor to the Governor of the border and fight for an official position.
Han Yu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, failed three times after passing the Jinshi examination.
Thus, he had no choice but to become the advisor of the provincial governor. After much effort, he became an official of the court.
Everyone knew that Lin Hao had passed the imperial examination this time.
However, if it wasn't for the Zhangsun Manor's people who had invited him here from the inn tonight…He didn't even know that he was the top scorer in the selection test yesterday!
Lin Hao looked at the main examiner of the selection test, who was sitting directly above him, the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, Zhangsun Wuji.
There were also two deputy examiners, Chancellor Lu Shou from the Lu family of Fanyang, and Doctor Cui Min from the Cui family of Qinghe.
Previously, the three of them had been talking for quite some time.
In short, he was just a commoner without a powerful family background. Becoming an official of the imperial court would only lead to death.
After saying so much, there were only two purposes.
The main purpose was to persuade him to leave!
Of course, there was another purpose. That was to make him willingly sell his fame to Zhangsun Wuji's son, Zhangsun Chong!
He was very angry, very annoyed!
There was no way to choose a person's birth.
Just because he, Zhangsun Chong, was the son of the country's brother-in-law and the nephew of the empress, he could shamelessly take away the fruits of others 'lives with his talent?
Not only was Lin Hao angry, but there was also something that he could not figure out.
Lin Hao looked at the three of them and smiled helplessly."Lord Zhangsun, I know what you mean.”
"You want your son, Zhangsun Chong, to replace me as the top scorer and become an official of the imperial court.”
"I know that you think that he became an official of the imperial court because of your relationship. After becoming the top scorer, he was officially appointed. It was beautiful.”
Zhangsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and said with a smile,"The young man is very smart. No wonder his answers are so perfect.”
"But, some words are better left to rot in your stomach!”
Lin Hao continued," I just don't understand. If you want to use my answer sheet, you can just tamper with it yourself. Just treat it as if I failed the roll."”
"Why did you have to call me over and tell me about this?”
In fact, no matter which era it was, there would always be such shameless and despicable things.
However, everyone else had secretly tampered with it, and only these few people had to come and tell him about it. Wasn't this unnecessary?
At this moment, Lu Shou stroked his white beard and said,""Alright, I'll tell you why!”
"In order to let you commoners understand that the imperial examination is just a pretense.”
"Do you think that His Majesty is telling the truth when he said that regardless of status, anyone with talent can become an official in the court?”
"Do you think that His Majesty, who was born into an aristocratic family, would want commoners like you to take power?”
"You're too naive!"
"Only we can achieve official career!”
"You guys, you can't!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them smiled arrogantly.
Lin Hao looked at the three of them and gritted his teeth in hatred.
He couldn't even utter a word!
This was like rubbing salt on his wound, deliberately provoking him.
This was simply intolerable!
However, what could he do?
He was rich, powerful, and had status, but he was really just a commoner.
It was just that he was sorry for the travel expenses that the villagers had gathered.
What they gathered was not money, but their intentions and expectations!
At this moment, four thugs with swords came up.
The meaning was obvious. Zhangsun Wuji wanted to forcefully send him out of the city!
Lin Hao looked at these thugs and also at the three sanctimonious people dressed in luxurious clothes.
He hated it!
but he
Ding!
At this moment, the sound of a system notification appeared in his mind!
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