When Pei Shaoqing came to the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites,

I saw that thousands of scholars had already surrounded the screen walls of the list with three layers inside and three layers outside, and the scholars who were crowded in the innermost searched for their names on the list over and over again.

Even if I can't find it, I'm reluctant to leave for a long time.

Some people even hugged their heads with their hands in their arms and cried loudly.

The scholars around the outer layer were sweating profusely because they couldn't get in.

Some officials and nobles stood in the distance and pointed at the scholars, or shook their heads and sighed.

Of course, there were also ecstatic people. Pei Shaoqing saw a classmate from Hongwenguan in a stiff and elegant manner and said to everyone, "I passed, I passed the exam, and then laughed."

That’s right, Watanabe Maru passed the exam!

And it is a very difficult Jinshi class!

Di Guangzhao, Fan Wenxiong and Ni Nishi followed behind Maru Watanabe, all with constipation on their faces.

Seeing Pei Shaoqing, Di Guangzhao said with a sad face: "Brother, I now seriously suspect that the examiner who drafted the papers is a blind man. Can this short guy Watanabe actually pass the Jinshi exam?"

"Pei Sang, I passed the exam, I passed the Jinshi exam!"

When Watanabe Maru also saw Pei Shaoqing, he immediately came forward excitedly.

"Watanabe, congratulations." Pei Shaoqing said with his hands crossed, "Maybe in twenty years, you will be the prime minister of our Tang Dynasty. Brothers and others will rely on your protection."

"No, that's not."

Watanabe Maru was a little excited and looked forward to it.

According to the Tang Dynasty law, if you pass the Jinshi exam, you can be exiled to become an official.

This means that he is about to start a new life in the Tang Dynasty.

But Maru Watanabe didn't know that his life was actually changed by Pei Shaoqing.

Originally, according to the normal trajectory, the Ministry of Rites was held every year, but only a few dozen people were taken for each subject.

Yes, you heard it right. The Tang Dynasty only took dozens of people at each time, and among them, the Mingjing subjects were mainly subjects, and there were very few scholars who passed the Jinshi subject.

According to this admission ratio, it is impossible for Mari Watanabe to win.

This is also the main reason why many prime ministers regretted not being a Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty.

Because it is really difficult to take the Jinshi exam, the winning rate is really low. Not to mention choosing one out of thousands, choosing one out of thousands is a true name.

However, due to Pei Shaoqing's potential impact on Wu Zetian in this subject, Wu Zetian made subversive changes in the Ministry of Rites. Not only did he implement measures such as absent name and locking the college to ensure fairness of the examination, but he also increased the admission efforts, from dozens of people admitted to each subject to more than one hundred!

This admission rate is actually similar to that of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Although the number of admissions in the Ming and Qing dynasties was more than one subject in three years, and Datang took one subject in a year, so the average number of admissions per year was about the same.

While the five were talking, another scholar rushed over.

"I've won, ha, I've won!" The scholar grabbed Pei Shaoqing's arm and shouted in vain, "Brother Pei, I've passed the exam, and I'm the top scorer!"

"I'm the No. 1 pick, haha!"

Pei Shaoqing looked closely and it was Song Jing.

Song Jing was so excited that he danced with all his hands.

Because this scientific test was really beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that he had no chance in this subject, but the result was very wrong. Not only did he pass the exam, he was also the first place and was awarded the title of top scorer by the queen.

The first time the title of top scholar appeared.

There were no top scorers in the previous scientific examinations.

In other words, Song Jing was the first top scholar in the history of the Tang Dynasty! This is to be recorded in history. Thinking of this, Song Jing was so happy that he wanted to cry.

I want to go home and I want to worship my ancestors.

I want to sacrifice this news to the ancestors!

Behind Song Jing, Yao Chong and Zhang said.

However, compared to Song Jing's happy expression, Yao Chong and Zhang Shuo looked depressed.

Among the two, Yao Chong was the most depressed because he was 32 years old this year. According to the regulations of the Imperial College, he was no longer qualified to stay in the Imperial College for studying.

But if you go home to study, you will never be able to calm down.

So this year is his last chance, and it will be difficult to pass the exam if he missed this year.

As a result, he still failed. Instead, Song Jing didn't feel good about himself and passed the exam.

However, Yao Chong was still happy for his classmate and friend.

But there are always people who can't accept the facts and want to change the results by making trouble.

"There is a dark curtain, this time the Ministry of Rites examination will definitely be a dark curtain!" A scholar who failed the exam said hoarsely, "Watanabe Maro, a Japanese man who even said that even Yayan was not fluent, could actually pass the Jinshi exam. However, the Tang scholars who were familiar with the scriptures failed one after another. How could this be the reason in the world? There must be a dark curtain in the middle!"

"Let's go, let's go to Daming Palace to beat Dengwen drums!"

"We want to report this examination for the Ministry of Rites to the Queen!"

The scholar incited his tongue and tried to arouse public anger.

But a scholar immediately retorted: "Come on, this Ministry of Rites exam is the strictest subject since the Tang Dynasty. Not only will the college lock be enforced three days before the exam, but the candidates' test papers must also be reviewed by name!"

"The official who was marking the papers had no idea who was the test papers."

"In addition, we will take up to fifty people to the subject, but this subject will take more than a hundred people."

"The winning rate is several times that of the subject, but you still fail. Apart from blaming yourself for not being good at studying, who else can you blame?"

As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone immediately echoed, and the scholar who tried to arouse public anger blushed. A storm was strangled in the bud before it could be brewing.

And this is also the reason why Pei Shaoqing came to the South Courtyard specifically.

Because Wu Zetian once said personally that as long as safety is involved, the guard and capture department must take care of everything, not just the border, but also the safety of Chang'an!

If you apply the name of the previous life,

The Guardian Department is now basically the National Security Council.

After confirming that there was no chaos in the South Court of the Ministry of Rites, Pei Shaoqing still kept Zhang Xiaoyi and a few people staring at him, and then took Cui Erlang and Qingxuan back to the Hanlin Courtyard.

As a result, as soon as he walked to the gate of Hanlin Academy, he saw Liu Yizhi hurried out from the right Yintai gate.

When he saw Pei Shaoqing in person, Liu Yizhi shouted: "Pe Shaoqing, stop for me!"

"Old Liu, why are you so angry?" Pei Shaoqing rolled his eyes and said, "If you have anger in your body, go to our Shenxianju to find a little girl to vent the anger. Don't keep it in your body, as it will damage your body."

"Stop talking to me about these useless things." Liu Yizhi said angrily.

"Just this time, the queen summoned me and said that starting from this subject, the Ministry of Rites will take more than 100 scholars every year, and more than ten of the best-scored ones will be included in the Hanlin Academy. This is your idea, right?"

"What?" Pei Shaoqing said, "Are you unhappy if I ask for someone for you?"

"Happy? I'm happy!" Liu Yizhi sweared, "Do you know how poor the Hanlin Academy is? Oh no, the Hanlin Academy is actually not poor, but the poor one is our Bachelor's Academy."

"The Bachelor's Academy is not a formal institution of the court."

"Apart from us a few Hanlin bachelors, other officials from Taifu Temple do not receive any salary."

"Their salary is allocated by the treasury, but the treasury is allocated by the treasury, not by the head. Do you understand what I mean? If you stuff a dozen people in one go, each of them will have a pitifully small salary."

"I thought it was something." Pei Shaoqing sneered, "That's it? Let the bachelor's college become a formal institution. If you win a few more places, you will solve everything?"

"Things are not as easy as you said." Liu Yizhi said, "Now we are streamlining the institutions. The prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall want to cut off our Bachelor's College and want to add people? You dream."

Pei Shaoqing said: "The prime ministers want to abolish the Bachelor's College, probably not to streamline the institutions, right?"

The reason why the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall wanted to abolish the Bachelor's Academy was because they knew the intention of Wu Zetian to establish the Bachelor's Academy.

The reason why Wu Zetian wanted to set up a bachelor's academy in the Hanlin Academy and stuffed Liu Yizhi, Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing and Zhou Simao into the bachelor's academy was to be trained by the future prime minister.

The prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall felt the threat, so they tried every means to target the Bachelor's College.

"The results are the same anyway." Liu Yizhi said, "You really gave me a big problem this time. If you want to say that you will bring more than a dozen new people to our bachelor's college, and we are still very happy that the new top scorer, second place and Tanhua are among them, but the salary is really a big problem."

"Leave this to me."

Pei Shaoqing patted his chest and said, "You'd better think about how to train them."

"Leave it to you?" Liu Yizhi said, "You mean, you will pay them a salary?"

"Old Liu, what did you say? How could it be me?" Pei Shaoqing said, "It's the queen."

After saying this, he whispered: "The Queen of Heaven probably wants you to owe me a favor, so I didn't tell you on purpose. In fact, I have already told the Queen of Heaven that our guards and guards will pay a sum of money to the treasury every year, specifically to pay salaries to the Hanlin Academy and the scholars. The standard is two levels higher than that of the Beijing officials."

"Really?" Liu Yizhi said overjoyed when he heard this.

"Of course it's true." Pei Shaoqing said, "What's our relationship? Can I still lie to you?"

After a pause, Pei Shaoqing continued, "In addition, I plan to build a kitchen in the Hanlin Academy to provide dine-in for my colleagues who work in the Hanlin Academy."

"The prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall does not take our Hanlin Academy seriously,"

"But we have to take ourselves seriously, you think so?"
To be continued...