Due to the imperial examination system, the Sui Dynasty wanted to select capable people from among the world's literati, so it offended the world's famous gentry.
Under the joint attack of the famous noble families in the world, the Sui Dynasty changed hands and fell into the hands of Li Tang!
After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, although he wanted to continue the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty, he knew that he had to give an explanation to the famous gentry in the world!
If, like Yang Guang, he offended all the famous noble families because of his intellectual talents, the Tang Dynasty would eventually follow the path of the Sui Dynasty and be attacked by all the famous noble families in the world!
Moreover, Li Yuan felt that it was not worth offending all the noble families for the sake of those poor and spineless people!
I think back then, Li Yuan mentioned the word "Yang" to Yang Guang. In order to please Li Yuan, those literati in the world made up charges against Yang Guang. This shows how strong these literati are!
But because the Sui Dynasty had already created the imperial examination system, it would not be good if the Tang Dynasty directly abandoned the imperial examination system!
If those literati have nothing to do and have whims all day long, they will be some of Li Mi's thieves!
Therefore, during Li Yuan's reign, he improved the imperial examination system left over from the Sui Dynasty.
It is stipulated that those who take the imperial examination do not need to be recommended by anyone and can take the exam on their own.
Literary candidates have to take many subject tests, and their scores are used to determine their merits. Candidates must take the exams regularly and pass all-round inspections before they can decide whether to be admitted.
In fact, even if a person is born in the imperial examination, his status is very low. Even if he is born in the imperial examination, it will be difficult for him to be reused by the court without the help of a famous family!
The official system of the Tang Dynasty had nine grades and eighteen grades. So what if you got the top prize?
Even if you are the number one scholar, if you don't have the support of a famous family behind you.
Li Yuan will not directly reuse him, and will give him an eighth-grade official position at most.
This is Li Yuan's explanation to the famous gentry and literati in the world. The famous gentry are quite satisfied with Li Yuan's explanation.
As for those literati, although they have some opinions, they have no power and power in their families, but they are unable to resist!
Therefore, in the following imperial examinations, even if someone won the first prize, the result would be like Tai Le Cheng, which is equivalent to a minor official from the eighth rank.
Under normal circumstances, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty who had no power in his family would be awarded a senior official position of the eighth rank; a scholar of Ming Jing would be awarded a lower official position of the eighth rank and become a scholar. There were two subjects, Ming and Law, and the first rank would be a ninth rank.
Yidi can only be the smallest official, from the ninth rank.
Therefore, even if you pass the imperial examination, you can only be an official of a very low level.
You must know that in the past, most of the high officials in the imperial court were recommended by each other from well-known noble families.
Even with the imperial examination now available, it could not shake the status of the famous gentry.
However, in order to make the family prosperous, famous noble families would occasionally recruit disciples.
Among those who were ranked number one in the imperial examination, there were many people who joined famous noble families or married into famous noble families!
Those top scholars from poor families can only get some important use from the court after they have the help of famous noble families!
During the 89 years of Li Yuan's reign, he thought he had completely stabilized the famous gentry.
It's a pity that it was Li Shimin who really stabilized the famous gentry, so under the pressure of Li Shimin and the famous gentry, Li Yuan finally had no choice but to cede the throne to Li Shimin!
After Li Shimin became emperor, he gave more benefits to the famous gentry. In order to stabilize the famous gentry, he frequently selected concubines among those big gentry for marriage!
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Under the arrangement arranged by Zhunti to pick them up many years ago, Jin Chanzi had been reincarnated nine times before and went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures!
The first nine times Jin Chanzi went to seek Buddhist scriptures, because the time had not come yet, he was stopped by General Roller Blind every time at Liusha River, which also made Roller Blind eat nine times.
According to the instructions above, General Shulian only eats the physical body that Jin Chanzi snatched from his body every time, and does not eat the true spirit of the soul.
After nine tests, Zhunti Jieyin felt that the plan to let Jin Chanzi take over his body and be reborn was quite feasible!
Jin Chanzi many years ago, Yin Wenjiao, the daughter of Yin Kaishan who took away her body, was reborn with a fetus in her belly.
Zhunti, Jie and Yin also secretly took action to seal Jin Chanzi's divinity!
When Yin Wenjiao saw the newly born baby, she sent it out through the wooden basin.
Jin Chanzi turned into a baby and came to Jinshan Temple through the water in the wooden basin.
The old monk from Jinshan Temple named the baby Jiang Liuer.
As luck would have it, the layout arranged by Holy Bear Xiaobai and others is also in Jinshan Temple.
Many years ago, Dawei Tianlong was arranged by Saint Xiong Xiaobai to enter the six realms of reincarnation. Now Dawei Tianlong has been reincarnated as a human being, named Fahai, and is also practicing in Jinshan Temple.
Because Fahai had a dragon tattoo on his body and had divine power to protect him, the abbot of Jinshan Temple took Fahai as his disciple and taught him personally.
Fahai has been extremely proficient in Buddhism since he was a child. Even the abbot of Jinshan Temple cannot teach Fahai!
So the abbot of Jinshan Temple had the intention to let Fahai take over the position of abbot of Jinshan Temple in advance, but at this moment, Fahai left a letter and left Jinshan Temple to travel around to slay demons!
In order to cause trouble, Holy Bear Xiaobai advanced the timeline of some things, such as the birth of Fahai!
I, the Holy Bear Great Heavenly Venerate, want to see which one is more powerful, the Great Powerful Heavenly Dragon, or the ancient vicious insect like the Golden Chanzi!
Jiang Liu'er (Xuan Zang) lived in Jinshan Temple for many years, although he lived very freely.
But Xuanzang knew that there was a senior brother above him who had never met before - Fahai. The entire Jinshan Temple disciples and the abbot all said that Fahai was the reincarnation of the immortal Buddha and the living Buddha in the world!
Xuanzang knew that he could not become the abbot of Jinshan Temple with the so-called Brother Fahai around, so he chose to leave Jinshan Temple!
It happened that Xuanzang thought of avenging his parents, so he went down the mountain.
From the time Xuanzang took revenge, he came into contact with his grandfather, Prime Minister Yin Kaishan.
After his revenge was completed, his dead father Chen Guangrui was also resurrected.
Later, Xuanzang came into contact with Li Shimin, the king of Tang Dynasty, and came to Hongfu Temple to become a monk.
Xuanzang had his grandfather, Prime Minister Yin Kaishan, as his backer, and his father, Chen Guangrui, was a bachelor of Wenyuan Palace.
With the help of Yin Kaishan and Chen Guangrui, Xuanzang obtained most of the Buddhist scriptures in the Tang Dynasty.
Although those temples don’t want to give it, they dare not refuse it because of the face of Prime Minister Yin Kaishan!
Xuanzang converted to Buddhism, often read at night with a green lantern, constantly studied Buddhist scriptures, and had a very high level of understanding. In his twenties, he became famous all over the world and was deeply loved by Li Shimin.
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Holy Bear Xiaobai is currently a guest in Biyou Palace. It was invited by Tongtian Cult Leader.
Leader Tongtian looked at Holy Bear Xiaobai who was eating Penglai Immortal Grass and frowned. This bear eats wherever it goes!
If the leader of Tongtian Cult had not asked this bear for something, he would not have asked this bear to come to Biyou Palace as a guest.
Leader Tongtian suddenly spoke and said:
"Holy Bear, according to Zhunti's arrangement, Avalokitesvara has left Daleiyin Temple!"
Avalokitesvara is now on the road in accordance with Zhunti's decree, holding a brocade cassock and a nine-ring tin staff, to find Xuanzang, who has been transformed into a golden cicada.
That's why the leader of Tongtian asked Holy Bear Xiaobai to see if the bear had any ideas.
"Um……"
Holy Bear Xiaobai paused for a while and said to himself:
"Ben Xiong remembers that Guanyin seems to be a famous person on the list of gods!"
When the gods were canonized at the beginning, the traitors of the two sects of Chanjie were basically used by Saint Xiong Xiaobai to fill out the list of gods, and Guanyin, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, was also among them.
After Saint Xiong Xiaobai thought for a while, he turned his attention to the disciples serving beside Master Tongtian and said:
"Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui, I order you to intercept Guanyin, take away the brocade cassock and nine-ring tin staff from Guanyin's hand, and give them to Fahai, the reincarnation of the mighty Tianlong!"
Zhunti Jingyin, Taiqing and I, how dare you ignore the orders of your Holy Bear, the Great Heavenly Lord, and secretly arrange for Buddhist scripture collectors!
Holy Bear Xiaobai also decided to give them a warning and called people to snatch the brocade cassock and nine-ring tin staff from Avalokitesvara.
The reason why Holy Bear Xiaobai called the Golden Hoop Immortal Horse to go away was not because he had no one available to him, but that the people under him were basically masters in the late-stage of the quasi-sage.
It would be too much to make a fuss out of a fuss by asking Bai Ze and the others to snatch a junior born from Guanyin. If word got out, they would be accused of bullying others!
And Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui is a disciple of Tongtian Cult Leader, and is the same generation as Guanyin. Let Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui go to rob Guanyin, which is a competition between peers.
Guanshiyin was robbed because his skills were inferior to others among his peers, so he would have a better reputation by then!
Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui did not immediately follow Saint Xiong Xiaobai's instructions. Instead, he turned his attention to his master, Master Tongtian, and asked for his opinion:
"Master!"
Although Holy Bear Xiaobai is a saint, Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui is a disciple of Lord Tongtian, so everything must be based on the orders of Lord Tongtian!
Leader Tongtian raised his hand to signal Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui to stop talking, and then turned to Holy Bear Xiaobai and said:
"Holy Bear, after Guanyin was canonized by you as the Elder of the South many years ago, she became a quasi-sage in the early stage due to her merits and luck.
This disciple of mine is only a half-step quasi-sage, and he is no match for Guanyin!"
Leader Tongtian is very aware of the strength of Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui. If Avalokitesvara had not relied on the merits and luck of the Southern Elder to become a quasi-sage in the early stage, Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui would have been enough to deal with Guanyin!
But now, Guanshiyin has become a quasi-sage in the early stage by relying on his merits and luck. Not only is he proficient in the Taoist and magical powers of Yuqing Chan, but he has also learned the Buddhist magical powers of Mahayana Buddhism.
Therefore, the leader of Tongtian Cult knows very well that Golden Cuff Immortal Ma Sui is not the opponent of Guanyin. To be precise, among the disciples of several sects, there are not many people who can beat Guanyin in solo!
Holy Bear Xiaobai took out a long whip three feet six inches long and twenty-one points from the Qiankun Cauldron.
I saw that each section of this long whip has four talismans, a total of eighty-four talismans. This whip is the whip of the God.
Holy Bear Xiaobai threw the divine whip to the Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui and said:
"Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui, I will lend you this treasure for your use!"
Holy Bear Xiaobai has never used the magic whip since Holy Bear Xiaobai got this magic weapon.
The point is that with its level of cultivation, it has no use for this thing.
This magic whip has been useless for a long time and is easy to break, so the Holy Bear Xiaobai lent it to the Golden Hoop Immortal Horse Sui for use!
The Golden Hoop Immortal Horse then looked at the divine whip in his hand, and was overjoyed. He quickly bowed to the Holy Bear Xiaobai and saluted:
"Ma Sui would like to thank Holy Bear Great Heavenly Lord for giving him the magic whip!"
Baoma Sui has heard of the method of beating the gods with a whip. This thing is specially designed to hit those who are famous on the list of gods.
The traitors of both the Chan and Jie religions have been listed on the list of gods, and since I, the Golden Hoop Immortal Horse, have this divine whip in my hand, it is not easy to deal with Guan Shiyin, the traitor of the Chan religion, even if the other party has only one hand to do it!
The Golden Hoop Immortal Horse then bowed and saluted to Master Tongtian and Holy Bear Xiaobai, and was about to retreat. At this time, Holy Bear Xiaobai stopped the other party and said:
"After snatching the golden hoop, the immortal horse, the brocade cassock, and the nine-ring tin staff, they were handed over to Fahai, the reincarnation of the mighty heavenly dragon, and by the way, we were able to create a wave of momentum for Fahai!"
After Holy Bear Xiaobai finished speaking, he signaled to the Golden Hoop Immortal Horse to leave!
"Ma Sui resigned!"
The Golden Hoop Immortal Horse bowed and saluted to Holy Bear Xiaobai and Tongtian Cult Master before leaving Biyou Palace and riding the clouds to Nanfangbu Continent.
As soon as Guanshiyin arrived in the sky above Chang'an in the clouds, a golden-hooved fairy horse wearing a Taoist robe stopped her.
Golden Hoop Immortal Horse then looked at Guanyin's current appearance and sneered:
"Fellow Taoist Cihang, where are you going?"
Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui had been waiting for Guanyin here in Chang'an for a long time, and as expected, he saw Guanyin before long!
"Golden Hoop Immortal Horse Sui!"
When Avalokitesvara saw the golden hoop Immortal Ma Sui, he immediately felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
Now the saints have fallen out with each other, and Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui is a disciple of Lord Tongtian, so he is naturally an enemy to Avalokitesvara!
Avalokitesvara looked at the Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui and shouted:
"Let all your helpers come out?"
Avalokitesvara felt that the Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui, a half-step quasi-sage, dared to intercept him here, so there must be other helpers.
And what’s the situation with Jiejiao? There aren’t many things, just a lot of disciples!
As a disciple of the leader of the Golden Hoop Immortal Horse Suitongtian Cult, it is possible to bring a hundred or so outer disciples of the Jie Cult to intercept and kill him!
"Hahaha!"
The golden hoop fairy horse laughed loudly and said:
"Cihang, to deal with a guy like you who is neither a man nor a woman, why should Pindao have anyone else want to help? Pindao alone is enough!"
"you……"
When Guanshiyin heard that the golden hoop fairy horse said that she was neither a man nor a woman, she was immediately furious and then scolded:
"Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui, you are a half-step quasi-sage, are you too arrogant?"
Avalokitesvara felt that the Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui was after all a disciple of Lord Tongtian and would not do anything to defeat the few with more.
When he thought of this, Guanyin felt relieved.
"Fa Bao!"
Guanshiyin shouted loudly and directly offered the magic weapon, the pure glass bottle.
She took a willow branch and waved it, and several steel blades attacked the Golden Hoop Immortal at the same time. At the same time, the mouth of the clear glass bottle released black smoke and attacked the Golden Hoop Immortal!
The golden hoop fairy horse then saw Guanshiyin using his killing moves as soon as he came, and quickly evaded, and then he took out the divine whip and sacrificed it!
"Fa Bao!"
I heard the golden hoop fairy horse shout loudly, and flew out with the divine whip to attack Guanyin!
"It's the magic whip!"
When Guanshiyin saw that it was a divine whip, she immediately panicked. Although she was one of the Five Elders of the Five Directions and was in the early stage of quasi-sage, her name was still on the list of gods!
The Divine Whip is specially designed to defeat celebrities who are on the list of gods. It can be said that this Divine Whip can defeat Guanyin!
Seeing that the divine whip was about to fall on her, Guanshiyin quickly used all kinds of Taoist magic to resist. However, Guanshiyin was a famous person on the list of gods, so her Taoist magical powers and the divine whip were ignored.
The divine whip fell hard on Guanyin, and after a few blows, Guanyin vomited blood and semen.
"Golden Hoop, go!"
The Golden Hoop Immortal Horse then saw that Guanyin was injured by the whip, and then quickly took the Golden Hoop magic weapon and sacrificed it.
The magic weapon of Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui was placed directly on the head of Avalokitesvara, and as the Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui silently recited the magic weapon.
The golden hoop above Guanyin's head began to shrink, giving Guanshiyin a splitting headache.
You must know that Ma Sui's golden hoop is a magic weapon forged with the Jie Jiao Shangqing Dao method. It not only imprisons the physical body, but also imprisons the true spirit of the soul.
The pain caused by the contraction of the golden hoop mainly comes from the pain of the true soul being squeezed and torn. As for the pain of the physical body, it is just a small pain!