"Remember, you don't need to reason with these messy things. If they can understand the truth, they will not be messy things."

Changsun Chong nodded quickly and claimed yes, but he couldn't help but wonder, is it all you said, maybe it's not a mess, you have to call someone a mess, so what do you say?

This thought flashed through my mind and disappeared. After all, I was my mentor. Even if Li Mu said it was wrong, the disciples could only obey it. It is absolutely impossible to raise objections.

Just when Changsun Chong was about to say goodbye, Ergou came. When he saw Changsun Chong, Ergou nodded. Although they knew each other, they were not very familiar with each other. However, with Ergou's current identity, he would not nod and bow to Changsun Chong as before.

"Mr. Marquis, you have notified Bi Laosan with the news as you told me. Bi Laosan said back that he would not miss the Marquis' affairs. The Printing Bureau will work overtime and will complete it."

"Very good." Li Mu ordered again: "Go to Kong Yingda's mansion for me." As he said that, he handed a letter to Ergou. When Ergou saw the fire on the letter, he understood the importance of the letter, solemnly put it in his arms and retreated.

Li Mu looked at Changsun Chong again and said, "Advisor, when doing things, you should be in the cracks and looking for opportunities. And things that seem to have no chance contain opportunities, and you have to be good at discovering them. Go back and do your own things, and you will be responsible for your teacher."

"The apprentice understands." After Changsun Chong said, he was a little reluctant to speak. Li Mu looked at him and said, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes." Changsun Chong hesitated for a moment, and said, "My teacher, my friends have come to find me these days. I want to do an errand in the Interior Department. I don't know, I don't know my teacher."

Li Mu looked at him playfully and said, "Changsun Chong, do you think I will agree?"

"The disciple knew his mistake." Changsun Chong quickly knelt down and said, "The disciple did not want to agree to their entry into the Interior Office. The disciple just wanted to ask his mentor if he could allow them to study at the Tang Dynasty Technical School."

"Oh." Li Mu understood. He thought that Changsun Chong didn't have such a courage to arrange people privately. He turned out to be a candidate to study in the Tang Dynasty Technical School. Now the number of students in the Tang Dynasty Technical School is not easy to do, especially after Li Mu agreed to various families and asked their children to study, the number of places was even scarce. I heard that on the black market, a place had already been cited for a thousand guan.

This can be done as a business.

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "You are my eldest disciple, and I can't give you any face. But if you only give you face, it will inevitably be unfair, which makes me really difficult."

Changsun sweated like rain and said in a stern voice: "The disciple has caused trouble for the master, then... since that's the case, just pretend that the disciple has never said it."

"Will this happen, I will make an exception and give you the top ten graduates in this period, each of whom will recommend the quota for each person. Each person has only one quota, you can handle it yourself, but the tuition fee is not missing, so teach as usual." Li Mu reached out and pulled Changsun and said, "Don't kneel down at any time. Although I am your master, I don't want to do this."

"I'll thank you, my disciple."

Although this result gave Changsun Chong a face, Changsun Chong felt even more stressed. Only one recommended place would inevitably not meet the needs of all those who asked for advice. Moreover, this candidate must be cautious, otherwise the recommended people will be talents. If the recommended person is a waste, can he still hold his head up in front of his mentor and in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future?

...

Li Mu's words spread throughout Chang'an City through the mouth of the Jinyiwei. Soon, the discussion became much smaller, and there was no one who dared to say bad things about Li Mu in public. Li Mu had too many "crimes" and no one could guarantee whether he would really do this. The most helpless thing is that he really did this, as if no one could do anything to him. In the current situation, it would be a blessing that Li Mu would not cause trouble to others. Whoever caused trouble to him, wouldn't he be happy?

Things have been finalized, and those who should take the exam need to be taken. Faced with the new system of the Ministry of Rites, all students can do is adapt. However, some people have prepared for the original system for several years, but they really can't accept the sudden change. Some people have returned home, but after all, they are a few, and most of them are still trying to find a way.

Under the new system, it is stipulated that only if you achieve excellent results in both the Ming Jing and the Jinshi subjects, you can enter the palace examination. According to the examination arrangement, the Ming Jing is in front and the Jinshi is in the back. In other words, if you cannot pass the Ming Jing level, there is no need for you to not take the Jinshi exam.

Listening to the rumors, in order to prevent Li Mu from getting good results, this year's exam questions for posting scriptures is the most difficult in previous years. It is not limited to the "big sutra" and "small sutra", but the general exam, that is, it is not within the scope of the delineation. As long as it is the words of a saint, even if it is just a few words, it may be listed as the exam questions.

In this way, the scope will be wider. Even if you memorize the book thoroughly, it is very likely that the one who memorizes the test and the one who has not memorized it will be a matter of luck. Unless someone can memorize all the words of the saint, how is this possible? What the saint said is more than ten thousand words?

Just when everyone was headless, newspaper readers could be seen everywhere in Chang'an City, bringing new news.

Just today, every newspaper seller and newspaper reader in Chang'an City suddenly had a book called "Kongfu Secret Scroll". This book is full of detailed explanations of various classics and all the imperial examination questions since the pre-Sui Dynasty. What is even more rare is that this secret book also contains the preferences of all the great scholars of Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan. For example, the great scholar Kong Yingda, who likes to read, talk about, and even likes and dislikes.

In the morning, the students who were bought newspapers discovered that they immediately triggered the "Imperial Examination Circle". By noon, it was already hard to find a book. Someone got the news late, and wanted to buy it again. A book had already been sold for 100 cents. A book of 100 cents, even if the paper is valuable, the price is enough to be shocking.

Because it is too expensive, ordinary students cannot afford it, which has caused quite a lot of protests. Now all the printed materials on the market come from the Printing Bureau, and this book must be printed by the Printing Bureau. Students who cannot afford it are entangled and ran to the door of the Printing Bureau to protest. They demanded that the books be printed so that the books can return to the morning price.

But the reply I got was that there was no more. Because printing books requires carvings, and carvings have a service life. The carvings of this book have been damaged after their service life, and it is impossible to print them again.

Carve another carving?
Chapter completed!