After taking Xie Danran to visit Chang'an City for two days, Lin Zhao probably prepared at home and was about to go to the Ministry of Personnel to participate in the selection.

When the Ministry of Personnel selects and tests, there are four methods: body, speech, book, and judgment.

He needs to be a magnificent figure, that is, he cannot be too ugly and has the face of the court. Legend has it that a bearded man in the underworld was taken away from the top scorer because he was too ugly and died from the pillar. He then changed his career to become a ghost-catching master.

In other words, it depends on a person's eloquence. This level is actually the most sad for Jinshi, because many people who are good at studying are not very good at eloquence and cannot speak well. If the examiners of the Ministry of Personnel are more strict, they will stop you at this level.

Among the Jinshis over the years, many of them were unable to pass the eloquence level, and some even passed the Jinshis for more than ten years and were still ordinary people.

Books are about writing, and this level is not difficult. As long as you rely on your own ability, writing will not be ugly.

The last level of judgment requires the strengths of arts and science, which tests a person's logical ability.

Like the Ministry of Rites, the examination is divided into regular subjects and systematic subjects. The selection of the Ministry of Personnel is also divided into regular subjects and subjects. It is held almost every year. The selection of the regular subjects is the examination for the school's body and the study of the book, while the selection of subjects is based on specific subjects. After either of them, they can break away from their white body and become an official.

According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the scientific examination was in early spring, and the Ministry of Personnel's election was in November of winter. In addition to referring to the newly promoted Jinshi, officials who were dismissed from office must also participate in the regular election again before they can continue to become officials.

It is precisely because of this reason, and with the power to select personnel, the Ministry of Personnel has firmly ranked first among the six ministries and has become the most powerful yamen in the court besides the political affairs hall...

None of them.

For those old officials in the officialdom, the selection of the Ministry of Personnel is just a formality, but for the newly promoted Jinshi, this is also a very difficult level. After all, many Jinshi are really blocked by the Ministry of Personnel, and have been blocked for more than ten or twenty years.

However, Lin Zhao was not worried about this. Not to mention his relationship with Zhou De, he had an uncle who was the "Captain Prime Minister", so the Ministry of Personnel would not make things difficult for him in the election, let alone...

What's more, Wei Zhong had already met Lin Zhao in advance, which means that the person in the palace had noticed Lin Zhao. He just had to go to the Ministry of Personnel to go to the formalities and wait for news at home.

Early that morning, Lin Zhao changed into a suitable Jinshi uniform, left Changxingfang early in the morning, and walked towards the Ministry of Personnel.

It is worth mentioning that today is also the day when the latest issue of Chang'an Style is released.

Nowadays, Chang'an Feng has a great influence, especially in Chang'an City, where there is basically a "stable customer base" of about 10,000 yuan. For Chang'an, which has a population of more than 1 million, selling 10,000 Chang'an Feng can affect at least 300,000 to 400,000 people.

In other words, when the article about the death of the Tubo envoy was published, at least half of Chang'an City would know about this.

Just when the wind in Chang'an was circulating rapidly in Chang'an, Lin Zhao, as editor-in-chief of the editorial department, had already reached the official department.

After handing over the famous post, a clerk from the Ministry of Personnel came out soon. He looked at Lin Zhao indifferently, and then took him into the side room of the Ministry of Personnel. After verifying his identity, he confirmed that it was Lin Zhao himself, and asked Lin Zhao to sign a document to participate in the selection of this year. He said lightly: "Okay, the document has been filled out and will be sent in two days. However, there are many people participating in the selection of this year, and they may not be able to line up with Lin Tanhua."

Among all the yamen in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the yamen of the Personnel, known as the "official officials", is naturally the most rude to officials. Except for the prime minister of the Zhengshi Hall, everyone else must be careful when they come here.

Although the official in front of Lin Zhao did not have any rank, even if he was a fourth or fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel, he might not have a good face.

After hearing this, Lin Zhao could certainly understand what this person meant. He stood up, took out a piece of gold that had been prepared from his sleeve, and handed it to the official in a calm manner, and smiled and said, "I have to worry about it."

The King of Hell is easy to meet, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with. When facing these "little ghosts", if you can solve the problem with money, just give some money. You can't just yell at seeing the Secretary of Zhou just because of a few cents of money?

After the official took the gold, he reached out and touched it. There was a look on his face, but he was still not very enthusiastic. He just said lightly: "Don't worry, Lin Tanhua can arrange the Ministry of Personnel to make sure that it will not miss your future."

"You're going back and waiting for news."

Lin Zhao looked up at the official in his thirty years old, and didn't say much, but just stood up silently and prepared to go home to "date" Xie Danran.

He had just gotten up and had not left yet, another middle-aged man suddenly came outside the door. He looked about thirty years old. Unlike this official, he was wearing an official uniform, probably a small official at the bottom of the Ministry of Personnel. After coming to this side room, the man coughed and asked, "Is it Kobayashi Tanhua?"

Lin Zhao had already gotten up and was about to leave. He was a little surprised when he heard this: "It's me."

The little official smiled at Lin Zhao and bowed slightly: "Little Lin Tanhua, my official in the hall is welcome."

Among the six government offices, the Secretary of State and the Minister of State can be called the Minister of State.

Lin Zhao was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was Zhou De's old father, Zhou Song, the minister of Heaven. He nodded and smiled and said, "If you have the opportunity to lead the way."

The man bowed slightly and led Lin Zhao away from the side room and headed towards the Shangshu's study.

After Lin Zhao walked away, the official who had collected a piece of gold from Lin Zhao stood there like a wooden chicken.

It took a long time before he touched the piece of gold from his waist, and his body trembled slightly.

...

After following the official of the Ministry of Personnel for a moment, Lin Zhao was taken to the door of Zhou Shangshu's study room. The small official reached out and knocked on the door, indicating that Lin Zhao had been brought there, and a sound came from inside soon.

"Please come in."

In this way, Lin Zhao inexplicably entered the "office" of the Secretary of the Heavenly Officials. After entering the study room, he first looked around and then saw a chubby old man in the main seat. Xiaolin Tanhua hurriedly bowed and bowed, saying, "Lin Zhao, the lower official, has met Secretary of Zhou."

The fat old man waved his hand and signaled the person who led the way to retreat. After looking at Lin Zhao up and down, he smiled: "At the end of last year, you asked to meet me. I remember that you called me uncle at that time, why did you change your words now?"

When Lin Zhao went to Zhou Mansion to meet Zhou De before, he asked to meet the minister of the Heavenly Official, but Zhou Song did not choose to meet him at that time. This is the first time they met today.

Lin Zhao was neither humble nor arrogant, and said in a deep voice: "The lower official had some personal relationships with Mr. Zhou. He naturally called Shangshu the uncle in the Zhou Mansion. Now he is in the office of the Ministry of Personnel, so he naturally called him official position."

The fat old man nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "You are much more sensible than the rebellious son of my family. That guy will only cause trouble with me."

Lin Zhao forced out a smile and said.

"Brother Zhou is a little bit naughty, but his nature is still good."

Fat Shangshu nodded and asked, "Do you want to participate in this year's election exam?"

Lin Sanlang nodded.

"My uncle said that it is better to be an official than to be an official. If you become an official one year later, you will lose one year's qualification."

"Lin Jian will talk nonsense."

Shangshu Zhou stood up from the chair, walked to Lin Zhao, and said something unhappy.

"He was lucky to be able to reach this day. An ordinary young man may be confused and was eaten up by others in just a few months!"
Chapter completed!