"If you really want to leave Chang'an City, you and I can compete and see who will be the first to return to Chang'an City after several years."

When smart people speak, they cannot just look at the literal meaning. Hong Yuan made a bet with Du Huangshang, but Du Huangshang knew that this bet did not mean that anyone could transfer back to Chang'an City first.

As an official in various prefectures and counties, it is basically over the end when you get to the prefect. If you go up, you will have to return to Chang'an City if you have too many things to do.

This is the power center of the Tang Dynasty. Almost five or above are officials in Chang'an City. Hong Yuan said this to compete with Du Huangshang who can have the ability to work in the power center faster, rather than Du Huangshang will be transferred back to Chang'an City by relying on his father, but he is still a small official in the eighth grade, which is not embarrassing enough.

"I'm just thinking that, Brother Hong, overwhelmed me. Although you have been deliberately downplaying this matter, this still shows that my talent and thinking are a little worse than Brother Hong. In the next few years, let's see if I can catch up!"

Needless to say, the two of them said too much, after they ordered, they drank with peace of mind, listened to the songs downstairs, and enjoyed the last few nights they could indulge in Chang'an City.

As the election of Shuan was approaching, the Jinshi were very excited. Zhang Xun, Liu Yan and others were also prepared in full swing, but in the Ministry of Personnel, several chief officials were mourning.

Now the Minister of Personnel of the Tang Dynasty is Pei Zunqing, who is over 70 years old. Because of his own energy, he has no longer been in charge of his affairs. Anything that is not too big will be left to the ministers below to do.

"Shangshu! Zhang Xun and Liu Yan are really too lie! The Shuanxuan of this pair of Jinshi is obviously a major event for our Ministry of Personnel. How could they be seized by them this year? The Shangshu still has to be the master of our Ministry of Personnel. There is still one day before Shuanxuan. If we don't go to Tai Chi Palace to let Your Majesty know the responsibilities of our Ministry of Personnel, it would be too late!"

"Not bad! With your age and experience in Shangshu, the position of prime minister should not be Liu Yan. Your Majesty is young, so we cannot let him use people randomly. Besides, the election of the Jinshi was originally the job of our Ministry of Personnel. Doing so would obviously break the rules!"

Pei Zunqing sat in the main seat, and the few ministers and other officials below were talking to each other, and they were dissatisfied with Li and the prime ministers. It was obvious that they accused the court of not paying attention to their Ministry of Personnel.

After a group of people finished talking about it, they looked at their backbone Pei Zunqing with hope, each with hope.

"Oh, this matter is indeed not a good thing for our Ministry of Personnel, but Your Majesty is young and energetic. You all know what he looks like in the court. So many of us go to the Tai Chi Palace to ask, it will not work. In this way, you wait and I will go and see. Your Majesty will not do anything to me at my age."

After sighing, Pei Zunqing stood up and walked out tremblingly. The few people below looked at each other and could only wait in place.

After leaving the door, the attendant who followed behind asked, "Shangshu, are we going to Tai Chi Palace?"

"No, I passed by the entrance of Tai Chi Palace and returned home. I was about to retire and return home. I couldn't do anything like this with them. The water from the Ministry of Personnel was too mixed, and Shuanxuan was just a layer of skin from the Jinshi. Since Your Majesty has discovered it, let him go!"

Not many people knew what happened in the Ministry of Personnel. One day later, twenty-six people arrived at the Secretariat with a bright face. Although this was the second time they had arrived here, most of them were still quite excited because this was the place where the prime ministers worked. Some of them might have entered the place in the future, but the probability would never be high.

They were first led to an empty house, with exactly twenty-six seats inside. This was what Li Qing ordered. He referred to various emergencies in later generations. This thing must be sieved one by one in front of Zhang Xun and the others. Otherwise, not only would there be the possibility of plagiarism, but it would also be difficult for someone to exert their true strength.

"You twenty-six people, according to their rankings, go forward from behind and go to the front of the hall to select the truncation. After the assessment, you can leave directly. The result of the truncation will be delivered to you tomorrow."

After an official from the Shangshu Province briefly announced the rules, he took away the confusing No. 26 player.

Hong Yuan and Du Huangshang looked at each other and knew that they might be early, so they could only pick up the tea on the table, take a sip, and wait patiently.

They knew that putting them at the end was not to make things difficult for them. Although this provincial examination looked similar to the past, it had already shown an essential difference from the beginning of the test questions.

Both of them can see through the phenomenon. They don’t think Xu Yuan came out and asked them to tell them what they would do after becoming prime minister. There must be the shadow of the emperor. This has always been a tacit matter for the two.

Two hours were waiting for the passing of this, and there were fewer people in the room. Finally, the third person also went. Hong Yuan and Du Huangshang looked at each other, but there was no anxious feeling on their faces.

"This time, let's compare and see who has a higher starting point!"

Du Huangshang finally said something in his heart. Of course, he didn't care about what happened to Hong Yuan in the provincial examination. Since Shuanxuan is the step that determines their final destination, of course they have to compete again.

Since more than 20 people have used it for so long, they have already guessed it. Those who go there will definitely go through another school exam. Those who are awesome will be assigned some high-end official positions. If they don’t work, they can only give some ninth-rank official positions to comfort them.

"Hong Yuan, Du Huangshang, come in together!"

The two were thinking about what problems they might encounter for a while, suddenly the Minister of State outside the door said this loudly.

Both of them didn't understand what was going on at that time. The more than 20 people in the past went in one by one, so why did they both have to go in together when they arrived.

Are the prime ministers too tired? Or are they going to speed up the progress at meal time? Several possibilities emerged in their minds for a moment.
Chapter completed!