After attending the prime minister after attending the court, at noon, Gao Yue came down to the house of the Secretariat under Pan Yan to visit Cui Youfu, the Secretariat.

Cui Youfu dressed in his official uniform and spread a mat on the steps of the Sherenyuan. Then he encouraged Gao Yue and others to say: Being a Jinshi is just the beginning. Once you pass the Ministry of Personnel’s examination, you will be all "former Jinshi". You can be said to be a real interpretation of the brown and "the Ministry of Personnel’s selection". If you want to immediately give up your fields and get a salary, you must also take the two examinations of the Ministry of Personnel, namely the "Boxue Hong Ci Test" or the "Book Judgment Examination". As long as you pass these two examinations, you will not have to wait any longer and you will be an official immediately.

Gao Yue, who was sitting in the seat, was deeply touched by Cui Sheren's words:

The Jinshi exam is just a "success" and it is not finished. There are still levels called "passing the exam".

It turned out that the candidates of the Tang Dynasty who passed the Ministry of Rites were called "New Jinshi", which could exempt them from their taxes and labor service, and confessed that they had entered the ranks of "clothed households", and then went to the Ministry of Personnel's "Guan Examination" (that is, what Liu Yan said before, and went to the Ministry of Personnel's Nancai Examination to conduct two sentences of judgment) to be considered as true interpretation, and it was called "Former Jinshi"; what is "Guan Examination"? Guan, which means Guan Bai, in ancient times, refers to the exchange of documents in the official government. When Jinshi went to participate in the Ministry of Personnel's Guan exam and passed, the Ministry of Rites handed over the name and materials of the Jinshi (that is what we now call the personnel file) to the Ministry of Personnel. Since then, Jinshi has been "under the election of the Ministry of Personnel". It was previously under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and then it has to be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, which is considered to be qualified to be an official.

But it must be noted that even if you pass the pass, the Jinshi is only "under the election of the Ministry of Personnel" - the most important thing is the second word "guarding election". To put it bluntly, it is to wait for an official. As Cui Youfu said, guarding election is a very tormenting thing: there may not be any missing officers in three or five years, or even ten years, and even if there are, you may be taken first by others. There are still many varied officials in line every year and they have to squeeze in. In addition, even if there are many official positions, you cannot be a Jinshi, because you can only take the "Qingzi official" route; furthermore, the court may also tell you whether you are tired of guarding elections, and whether Chang'an is expensive? This is the case where there is a county lieutenant vacant in a county in Lingnan, and you will not forget you. The court will give you preferential policies when you are selected - in a short sentence, "Is the official still dead?"

Of course, the most important thing is that during the election period, you have no salary and money to get, that is, you are still poor.

Therefore, it is not surprising that some Jinshis in the Tang Dynasty, although they passed the imperial examination early, they were wandering between the lakes and the seas for their whole lives and had not served one or two positions. In addition, it is not easy to pass the election of the Ministry of Personnel. To give two examples: Han Yu finally passed the imperial examination (three times failed), and was dismissed for three consecutive times, which made Han Yu suspected that his life was mentally collapsed; Ouyang Zhan, a writer who passed the imperial examination in the same year as Han Yu, also said that he "she took five tests to the Ministry of Rites, and only sold the Jinshi in the hometown; when he tried four tests to the Ministry of Personnel, he was appointed as assistant teachers in the four schools", which was also a miserable life.

After leaving the house, Gao Yue sat under the east corridor of Guangfan Gate, and his worries were even more nervous than when he participated in the spring exam before.

Then use legendary texts to threaten the Minister of Personnel? But the Minister of Personnel is Liu Yan, and he is afraid that he will not be able to go a round in front of this person.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Tuantuan leaned over with concern and asked, "What's going on with Gao Langjun?"

"I took all the hardships to take the first step, but I found that the road I was going to take next was even more difficult..." Gao Yue sighed heavily, looked at the towering palace towers of the Daming Palace, and then stopped making a sound. He couldn't help but remember what he said when he first met Liu Yan, from his house to the center of power of the empire, and walked for decades before he knew it, until his hair was frosted.

Then, Gao Yue had no intention of planning the Jinshi period, and he was hesitating:

What should we do now? After passing the Ministry of Personnel’s Examination, where to go, to participate in the excellence of the Book, or to be knowledgeable? We have to make up our minds quickly, because the Ministry of Personnel’s selection began last year’s winter, and usually ended before March 30 this year, and there were not many days left (Gao Yue could participate in the Ministry of Personnel’s selection that year, while Zheng Zhi could only participate in the next time, the specific reason was explained later).

The book is outstanding, and it is said that the difficulty and the test are not on the same level.

And the knowledgeable and great poems are probably even more...

When Gao Yue was unsure, he naturally remembered himself first.

"Master!" Gao Yue shouted affectionately in the Hongshao pavilion, then sat on the mat and bowed to Xue Yaoying behind the gauze curtain to the end. "The disciple got the guidance of the master, and finally burned his tail and turned into a tiger into a human being! In order to thank the master's kindness, he specially prepared fresh seasonal fruits for the master to taste, hoping that the master would stay young forever and never grow old."

Zhihui then opened the fresh fruits presented by Gao Yue in front of Yaoying's table: a box of plums from Jiaqingfang, a box of pears from Aijia, a plate of Queen Mother's peaches from Hualin Garden, and the last plate of green copper coins, which Gao Yue took out his last savings.

"Well, I finally didn't forget that Xin Ruo is your lord." Xue Yaoying sighed very relieved. The news of Ziting's test was heard, and she thought Gao Yue would be completely finished. She was so scared that she almost fled Chang'an with a bedding and went to Zhongling's Taoist temple to avoid the limelight.

Fortunately, Gao Yisong had a few brushes, but he actually turned the risk into a barrage, and his position was as stable as Mount Tai.

As soon as Xue Yaoying said something, Gao Yue's head suddenly fell on the floor and started to cry.

"Three brother!" Zhihui was most concerned and hurriedly grabbed Gao Yue's sleeve. I wonder what suffering he suffered.

Xue Yaoying raised her hand and knocked the copper stove beside her with the whisk handle. She already understood in her heart, "Is Yisong worried about the election of the Ministry of Personnel?"

"The Ministry of Rites was lucky enough to get a first-class head, but if it stayed at the Ministry of Personnel and was not allowed to be an official, and if it wanted to buy some fresh fruits to honor the throne in the future, how could it be obtained?"

"Yi Song means to be a disciple of the book and learn from the erudition of the genre?"

"Please give me advice."

Xue Yaoying sighed and said, "Since the Tang Dynasty was in chaos, the political situation was shattered. The Ministry of Personnel's election reached the point of choosing every three years in the past few years. It was only two years to maintain the election every year. I still don't know the days in the future. Yisong, you really can't afford to wait! But in the past year, this master has known that most of your energy is devoted to miscellaneous essays and poems, and the judgment has not been pure yet. Therefore, the time is not ripe for participating in the excellence of calligraphy. Yisong, write a few words to me."

Gao Yue then wrote a few sentences on the piece of paper and handed them to Xue through the curtain.

"Oh, it used to be unsightly, but now it's unsightly. It's still a little progress - but the calligraphy is outstanding, as the name suggests, both calligraphy and verbal judgments must be first-class. Your cultivation is not enough." Xue Yaoying looked at Gao Yue's words and said in surprise.

"Thank you for your comments by Master." Gao Yue's smile gradually faded, "That knowledgeable and great poem..."

"Don't think about it!"

“Yes, yes, yes.”
Chapter completed!