Chapter 200 Undercurrent surging
The golden wu was in Xilu, and the curfew had begun. In a corner of Xiyang City, a team of people were walking on the streets with two carriages. Seeing this, the soldiers patrolling the city were about to step forward to intercept it. Seeing the flags raised by the team, they stopped immediately.
Several people in the team came up to us. The leader took out a token and handed it to the generals who led the army. He bowed and said, "My husband missed the time because of official business. Please forgive me."
The general looked at the token, then looked at the carriage, and signaled the attendant to note the time and the team's belongings in the notepad, and handed the token back: "It's okay, please go home quickly."
The team continued to move forward and stopped in front of a mansion. The plaque on the main entrance was written with the words "Hao Mansion". The chief of Huangzhou General Manager Hao Wu Bo got out of the second carriage and walked directly into his own private place.
As a Shangguan, Hao Wu Bo should have set an example and took the lead in abide by the curfew system. However, he handled several urgent official duties today, so he delayed his time. When the official office came out, the curfew had already begun.
Hao Wu Bo has always traveled on horseback, but later he took on the important position and shouldered the heavy responsibility of staying behind. In case of precautions, now he travels in the city in a carriage, and one more car to confuse the reality of the situation.
This kind of behavior of hiding the head and revealing the tail made Hao Wu Bo feel like a cruel official who was guilty and worried that someone would come to seek revenge all day long, so he didn't dare to ride a horse when he went out.
If it were the past, he would have been on a horse openly, but after following someone for a long time, he would be affected by the other party. In addition, he was indeed responsible for heavy responsibilities and was not careless at all, so he acted like this.
After taking off his official uniform and changing clothes, Hao Wu's wife moved to the main hall. Her wife Han had already ordered people to prepare the meal and have dinner with him. Her son who was babbling was also there.
Uncle Hao made a baby tribute for his son. His in-laws were Xu Shao and his wife. He and Xu Shao were good friends. They were both from Anlu and had friendships since their ancestors. Now Uncle Hao had a son and Xu Shao also had a son. The two families agreed that if they could get married to each other if they had a daughter, they would marry each other.
When the little guy saw Aye, he cried and wanted to hug him. Uncle Hao picked up his son and teased him. Before he knew it, the food was cold. After the meal, Han asked the wet nurse to take the little guy away when he saw this. He let the food heat up and sit next to his husband.
After sitting down, Hao Wu Bo noticed that his wife had something to ask and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything to say?"
"Um."
"There is a problem with the Fuli industry?"
“It’s very good.”
"Then, just say something, you and my husband, why don't you say anything?"
After hearing this, Han started to slut out of his arms, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Husband, is that rumor true?"
"There are many rumors in Xiyang City recently."
"That's the rumors that the government will take exams and select them after the New Year..."
Han's voice became less and less because she knew it was inappropriate for her to ask this question. Uncle Hao had repeatedly emphasized that he would not disclose official secrets and told her not to always ask for any insider information.
"You are asking this..."
Uncle Hao Wu put down his chopsticks. Han was afraid that his husband would be angry and was a little dumb: "I... I just asked casually..."
"It's okay, anyway, the government will announce the announcement tomorrow. Not only Huangzhou, but also the jurisdictions of the general administrations of Shandong East Road, including the Hongzhou General Administration, will announce the announcements, so that everyone can prepare early." Uncle Hao Wu smiled so that his wife would not be so nervous.
"I am going back late today, so I want to arrange an announcement. On February 15 next year, the Shandong East Road General Administration will hold an examination at Huangzhou Prefecture School. The three consecutive days of the exam will be selected, with 55 people."
"It really needs to take the exam!"
Han was excited when he heard this. In fact, this rumor had been circulating for a long time, but the government had not made a formal statement. Now that he learned the "insider news", Han thought of his brother who could not seek official positions, so how could he not be excited?
Uncle Hao Wu knew what his wife was thinking and reminded again: "Exam selection is an extremely rare opportunity, but whether you can pass the exam depends on whether you have real talent or knowledge."
“Will the exam be difficult?”
"It must be difficult, and ranking by grades, it's useless to just take the exam well by yourself. You have to get a better chance than others."
Han's wife started to swear again: "Then...that..."
"The test questions are randomly drawn from the question bank. The examiner and the examiner each draft a big question and randomly drawn from it. Therefore, I don't know how difficult the question is."
"oh...."
"So, let your brother read the book quickly! You also need to check out the test set of the last exam!"
"Ah? Ah...yes..."
Han felt embarrassed when he was careful to be seen through by his husband. Her brother had no chance of entering the officialdom. The husband who was in a high position wanted to avoid suspicion and had an attitude of doing business. Therefore, he did not "recruit the wise but not avoid relatives", and his brother was still in vain.
However, her younger brother likes to read and is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Now he has a rare opportunity to take the exam and get the chance to enter the officialdom. I think he has a great chance of being selected by passing the exam.
Han was thinking about the prospects for his brother's entry into the government, and Hao Wu Bo was thinking about the preparations for the exam, which was of great importance and must not be taken lightly.
Examination selection, you can become an official after being selected through the exam. This selection method gives the majority of Han clan children the opportunity to become an official. It is conceivable how many people will work hard for this.
Then various external tricks came one after another.
In order to find out the content of the exam, some tried to bribe possible candidates for examiners, some tried to bribe the state doctoral students who might have set questions, and some tried to bribe the printing workshop staff responsible for printing test papers.
Some people even sent "detailed work" to "hide" printing workshops in Xiyang to "hide" to try to obtain the test paper content in advance, or hire a large amount of money to sneak into the printing workshop to steal the test papers.
The exams that concern the fate of countless people and the family caused undercurrents in Xiyang City, causing headaches for officials such as Hao Wu Bo.
In exam selection, the confidentiality of the test paper is the top priority. With the previous successful experience, everyone will not be helpless. Anyway, the test questions are randomly selected from the question bank, and the test papers are randomly selected workshops for large batch printing in the early morning of the day of the test, so you are not afraid of leaking secrets.
There is a "column" on the right side of the test paper, which writes the candidate's name and origin. Then every twenty copies are stacked together when collecting the test papers, and the rightmost end is blocked. This is for "lunch name". When the examiner reviews the test paper, he has no idea whose test paper it is.
All measures are to ensure the fairness of the exam. At this time, scholars from state schools gathered, and the benefits of the prosperous printing industry were revealed. If it were other places, if you wanted to keep the test papers confidential, the difficulty would have increased several times.
But there is also the problem. A large number of people taking the exam gathered in Xiyang, which will bring serious public security problems. Once patients and others are mixed together, there is a risk of a large-scale outbreak of an outbreak.
Not only that, when the list of candidates is announced, candidates flock to see whether they are selected. At that time, there will inevitably be crowds of people. Once the handling is improper, a large-scale stampede will inevitably occur.
This situation almost happened when the exam was released. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers who maintained order on the spot reacted quickly and tried hard to form a series of human walls to maintain order. This was why the group stampede did not happen.
Then, there will be no major incidents of death and injury in the next exam.
Hao Wubo knew that there were many problems that Huangzhou had to face when holding the exam, but the exam must be held smoothly and completed. We must never find an excuse to attack "exam selection".
From the Han Dynasty to "electing filial piety and honest", the system of the imperial court to select talents would become a tool for powerful people, noble families, and local tyrants to control the promotion channel. The children of the cold clan had no chance to enter the officialdom.
Nowadays, a relatively fair way of talent selection has emerged. Although it is popular among the children of the cold, it has also been questioned by many parties. If something big happens to the exam held in Huangzhou, the "examination selection" may have died.
Hao Wubo agrees with the talent selection method of "exam selection". He hopes that one day, the examination selection will form a system and be held regularly, so that countless cold-stricken children in the world who are eager to enter the government but are rejected have an opportunity for fair competition.
So no matter what, the exams in February next year must be carried out smoothly, and officials from the Huangzhou General Administration, Huangzhou Prefecture and Xiyang County Office are all busy with this.
The imperial court held exams one after another in Huangzhou, selecting talents and selecting scholars for the country.
There is another deep meaning hidden in it. Uncle Hao and Wu didn't know if others saw it, he was very clear.
The emperor was using the method of exam selection to bribe the hearts of people in Jingxiang, Shannan. Similarly, the King of Xiyang, or the father and son of King Qi, and the uncle and nephew, were also using the method of exam selection to bribe the hearts of people in Jingxiang, Shannan.
Therefore, an exam involves a lot, and there are undercurrents. If you are caught in it accidentally, you may be in trouble.
Hao Wu Bo will not be the chief examiner, but he is the person in charge of the "organizer". He doesn't want to be in trouble, so he dare not take it lightly. Thinking that there are more and more heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh.
After almost ten years in Huangzhou (Bazhou), Hao Wubo has received much more experience than other local officials. Except for not leading troops to fight, he has handled almost all matters.
All of this is thanks to the "hands-off boss" King Xiyang, and Uncle Hao couldn't help but smile helplessly.
The King of Xiyang was so casual that he was fighting outside and chopping people happily. He didn't know when the war would end and came back to deal with more and more government affairs.
While thinking about it, his wife Han left at some point. After the meal, Uncle Hao Wu read the official documents in the study for a while, and then played with his son for a while. Seeing that the night was deep, he turned into the dormitory.
As soon as he entered, he saw Han's figure and was stunned.
At this time, Han was wearing black clothes, but his whole body was full of curves, as if he was not wearing them, as if he was standing naked in front of him.
Conquer the demon!
These two words flashed through Hao Wu Bo's mind first. Seeing Han looking at him shyly, he felt dry mouth.
"Husband...is this...knitted underwear...good looks?"
"Ah...why...why...why is it so...close..."
The young and vigorous Hao Wubo stuttered when he spoke. He did not expect that the rumored knitted underwear that would make Han's wife more charming and attractive.
"Single outfits are simply annoying!"
Han, who was full of anticipation, was shocked when she heard her husband say this. She was full of joy and put on the "solid pet artifact" to surprise her husband, but the result...
Before the tears of grievance could flow out, Han was picked up by Hao Wubo, who was breathing rapidly, and headed towards the bed.
Chapter completed!