In late July, the examinations in Chang'an ended.?［?([
Some are happy, some are sad.
Many scholars who failed the exam sighed.
And those who won, especially those who made it to the third round, were all elated, as if they were superior to others from now on.
No matter what, the wine shop in Chang'an is the ultimate winner.
Within one day, Chang'an's alcohol sales reached a peak.
Both those who are proud and those who are frustrated are buying, buying, buying.
Some wealthy people even held a big banquet directly in their own homes in Chang'an.
Li Wen opened the window and looked out at the happy and rejoicing crowd.
He sighed leisurely.
"Today I finally understand why King Xiang refused to cross Jiangdong back then!" Li Wen clenched his fists and thought with annoyance.
He is from Hedong, and he is also the son of Li Shan, a famous poet and poet in Hedong.
Originally, he did not need to come to Chang'an to take the exam.
His father had already arranged his career path for him.
Of course, he would first study at home and slowly build up his reputation. When he was thirty years old, he would ask someone to distribute the articles he had written to nobles all over Hedong, especially big nobles such as the Marquis of Pingyang.
In this way, there is no need to worry about not having an official position.
Moreover, once you become an official, you will be held a noble position with a salary of more than 600 dan.
But Li Wen is young and energetic.
In the past, when I listened to the stories of Zhang Tang, Yan Yi, Ji An and others in my hometown, I felt envious.
So, I decided to come to Chang'an for reference.
But how do you know that there are so many scholars in Chang'an?
So densely packed that it’s impossible to count them clearly.
Among them, those with higher status, better backgrounds, and more connections than him are like the stars in the sky, and they can't even be counted.
And after seeing the scene of the examination, he became unbalanced and acted abnormally.
Staying in the examination room, I just felt that although the questions seemed very simple.
But when I picked up the pen, I didn’t know how to answer.
So, not surprisingly, he lost the election.
Not only did he not advance to the third round, go to the Xuanshi Palace, and accept the wine given by the emperor as he expected when he came.
Didn't even pass the first round.
This makes me feel ashamed.
I almost want to die.
And what's even more terrifying is...
Li Wen stared out the window at the guy dressed in red and colorful, surrounded by countless neighbors and wealthy businessmen.
Li Wen knew that person.
Still his neighbor!
That's Bian Tong, a little strategist!
But his family is rich, and his father is said to be a businessman who specializes in transporting timber to the Jiaodong Crown Prince Liu De in Jiaodong Kingdom.
Over the past few years, my net worth has accumulated into millions.
In this examination, he advanced to the third round and was appointed Lord Commander of the State of Lu, with a rank of four hundred shi.
So he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to invite neighbors to celebrate on this street.
"Brother Li, do you plan to stay in Chang'an or return to his hometown?" A man appeared behind Li Wen and asked softly.
"I want to stay in Chang'an..." Li Wen replied without even knowing how to speak.
Then, he closed the window and said, "I want to study. Brother Wang, please help yourself..."
That person is also Li Wen's neighbor.
It is said that it comes from a certain county in Qi State.
Many people said that in Qi State, he was not a scholar at all, but just a magician who deceived and played on stupid women and people in the countryside.
As an authentic successor of "Gu Liang", Li Wen strictly adheres to his own principles.
The son is silent and his strange power confuses the spirit.
In Li Wen's eyes, this generation of people is even more hateful than the nouveau riche outside the window.
'Brother Wang' looked at Li Wen's expression and knew that he didn't like him very much.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Li is too arrogant. I came here to tell you something out of kindness..."
"What's the matter?" Li Wen asked intently, holding the book in his hands.
But the other party laughed twice and said: "As I am thinking of being in the same hospital, I'd better tell you that today the emperor has revealed the cloth and recruits virtuous gentlemen who can reach distant countries. If you go out as an envoy with integrity, you will be rewarded in the future."
When he returns home, he will be rewarded with a thousand stones!"
"What does this have to do with me?" Li Wen held the book and remained motionless.
Being sent as an envoy to a distant country, the road is far away, good or bad luck is unpredictable, and the mere job of a thousand stones is not enough to seduce Li Wen.
"Haha..." 'Brother Wang' said with a sneer: "Li Jun doesn't like it, but I really want to go..."
Then, he walked out of the room, towards where Li Wen was, and spat twice: "It's not enough to make a plan!"
Today's reward is not that of an ordinary Qianshi official.
Yu Lin Wei Hu Ben Guards Sima Yang or the position of military commander!
This is a direct train to the Marquis of Guannei and even the Marquis of Liehou!
"It's a pity that I come from a humble background and it's difficult to compete..." 'Brother Wang' sighed in his heart.
Otherwise, with his self-esteem, it would be impossible for him to come to Li Wen to humiliate himself.
However, Li Wen's attitude also made him understand.
He, a rural scholar from Qi State, wanted to be recognized by these self-proclaimed noble scholars.
It's almost like a poor boy actually dreaming about marrying a lady from the prince's family. It's simply a fantasy!
"Perhaps, I can contact the Xingchen family in Chang'an City to see if there are any like-minded people..." He thought in his mind.
In recent years, the life of the alchemists and warlocks has been very difficult.
The resurgence of the Mohists was almost a death sentence for them in big cities.
If you try to rely on the tricks of the past, you will fool others into being stunned.
That's impossible.
The Mohists of the Mohist School took the trouble to break down the tricks of the alchemists and sorcerers little by little and tell the world that this is actually a trick.
Only fortune tellers and fortune tellers can still get away with it.
After all, even the Mohists recognized divination.
However, divination is also divided into three levels.
Turtle shell divination, this is the most advanced.
The second step is to calculate the birth date and facial features.
Those who rely on the stars for divination are at the lowest level.
He had heard more than once that there were celebrities from the Xingchen family who were really having a hard time living.
I had no choice but to go to the Taishi Office to help the Taishi officials, record the movements of the stars and help with the abacus.
Sure enough, after looking for a few famous Xingchen families.
One of them, Zhang Han, finally agreed to go with him to seek the mission.
"By the way, I don't know what your name is?" Before leaving, the man suddenly asked.
"A certain, Qi Ren Dynasty!" 'Brother Wang' replied a little shyly.
As soon as the other party heard this name, he immediately shook his head in fright: "Brother Wang, you'd better do what you want, a certain family wouldn't dare to associate with someone who deceives the teacher and destroys the ancestors!"
When Wang Chao heard this, he felt lost: "Does even Chang'an know about my affairs?"
"Of course..." Zhang Han replied as he ran: "Your Excellency betrayed the master and abandoned my way. Who knows about the world's scholars and immortal people?"
Hearing this, Wang Chao shook his head: "But I forgot that these warlocks and alchemists each have their own methods and exchange information..."
This is also very normal.
Alchemists and warlocks, don’t look at the ends of the earth, they are all doing their own thing.
In fact, everyone shares information with each other.
This is so that when the fat sheep is slaughtered, everyone can get a share of the pie, and also to avoid falling into the trap of some thoughtful people.
You must know that today's emperor hates people who pretend to be gods and ghosts.
What goes up is good, and what goes down is effective.
As a result, the court officials and the prefectures and states at all levels took it as their political achievement to go deep and capture more alchemists and warlocks.
Many elderly people have fallen into various traps of fishing and law enforcement.
But……
Chao Chao sighed: "I also want to eat..."
He was originally a magician from the State of Qi. He followed his teacher and started cheating in Linzi, Xue County and other places.
My life as a kid was pretty good.
When I see landlords and nobles, I go up and try to trick them.
What do you mean, I am a disciple of 'An Qisheng', and I want to refine gold or the elixir of death according to the teacher's instructions.
Don't look at Qilu as the stronghold of Confucianism.
Those scholar-bureaucrats and gentlemen are usually silent and strange.
But in the end, everyone competed with each other with strange powers and chaos.
Especially those old people are best cheated.
But, unfortunately, this good day came to an abrupt end two years ago.
The kings of Qilu committed suicide one after another to apologize, and all the powerful landlords in Qilu were wiped out.
Then, the examination scholars from Chang'an were assigned.
These people are young, energetic and energetic.
Moreover, I was in Chang'an every day and was used to seeing Mohist performances.
As a result, Wang Chao and his teacher could no longer play tricks.
What's even more frightening is that the government is still watching the alchemists and warlocks everywhere, arresting them, and sending them to Chang'an.
Those who are more lucky are now working as assistants in Mo Yuan's experiments for the Mohists.
But bad luck...
The Great Wall welcomes you!
The whole dynasty was scared to death.
So, late one night, he gathered up his hard-earned savings and ran away...
However, because of this, he was charged with "treason" and "treason".
Fortunately, it is not a collection of various schools of thought.
Otherwise, how would he dare to show off in the market now?
Unfortunately, even so, his situation is not much better.
Scholars and nobles did not recognize him as a scholar at all.
He was directly placed in another register, even if he was a merchant's son, his status was higher than his.
The alchemists and warlocks also regarded him as an enemy and an alien.
The Dynasty knew very well that if he could not find a way out again.
Then sooner or later, he will starve to death in Chang'an!
Thinking of this, Wang Chao simply changed his mind and said: "I will submit a letter to the Public Transport Department myself, willing to be sent as an envoy!"
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In Weiyang Palace, a banquet is being held at this moment.
The envoy from Dawan, named 'Okolati' but translated as 'Zhemu' in Chinese, and the other side of the distant Himalayas, the vast Indian subcontinent, not far away thousands of miles, came
The original Buddhist monk 'Chocodharma' who came to China to teach the Dharma.
Originally, some literary youths in Dahonglu took it upon themselves to translate this person's name into Gautama.
But Liu Che stopped him.
The word "Dharma" is so weird.
It is easy to arouse the curiosity of some Chinese scholar-officials.
Especially those descendants of the princes who are full and full.
You know, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Wei and Jin Dynasties even dared to eat Wu Shi San just to pursue fashion.
If they were to discover any novel toys, they might cause trouble.
Therefore, Liu Che personally gave this Indian monk the name "Qiao Wu".
In this way, you can prevent some guys from being too curious and causing some bad things.
But at this moment, Choko Bodhisattva, or the monk named Qiao Wu in Chinese, had no idea.
He clasped his hands together with joy on his face, worshiped Liu Che, and muttered many incomprehensible Sanskrit words.
It was the Roman envoy Zhao Qin who helped translate: "Dear Your Majesty, Qiao Wu said: He is very grateful for your Majesty's grand gesture and is willing to go to Shendu for your Majesty and the people of the Han Dynasty to contact the nobles and monks of Shendu and start trade with the Han people.
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"Thank you!" Liu Che nodded slightly and said with a smile.
Today's banquet is a farewell banquet.
Monks from India and envoys from Dawan will form a mission with an envoy from Liu Che next month to travel to distant West and Central Asia and South Asia.
They were tasked with inquiring about the geography and politics of Central and West Asia for Liu Che.
At the same time, he is also responsible for contacting Dayuezhi, Kangju, Anxi, Shendu and other countries to unite them to jointly resist the ambitious wolves of the Huns...
However, the mission of this mission is different from the historical Zhang Qian mission.
Although nominally, the task Liu Che gave them was to contact the Yueshi and Daxia countries in the distance, attack the Huns with the Han, and jointly maintain world peace.
But in fact, they were fanning the flames in the past and causing trouble for the Huns.
Of course, the mission also has an important mission, which is why this Indian monk appears here.
Chokodharma, holding the edict of the Emperor of Han, will go to the Indian sub-continent, contact various nobles who believe in Buddhism, and use the banner of the Emperor of Han to support the reconstruction of the Maurya Dynasty, attracting the attention of the kings of those small states and small countries.
It's obvious and certain.
Today's Buddhism is definitely no match for Hinduism, which has countless untouchables serving as cannon fodder.
These monks who were born as Kshatriyas but betrayed their own class could not do as well as the Hindus who treated untouchables as human beings.
However, Liu Che had no intention of helping the Mauryan Dynasty, which was now estimated to be on the verge of extinction, to continue its life.
Liu Che just wanted to add the historical process of Hinduism's destruction of Buddhism.
By the way, make preliminary preparations for future intervention in India's internal affairs, division and disintegration, and eventual colonization of India.
The British Empire ruled India by relying on the Indian kings and the leading party.
If the Han Empire wanted to rule India, it naturally needed a local king and a leading party.
Of course, Choco Damo does not work voluntarily.
Liu Che promised that as long as he contacted Buddhists and nobles in India, when he came back, he would be allowed to preach on the grasslands.
For this reason, Liu Che also gave a Dharma title to Choco Bodhidharma.
He is now the 'Master Tripitaka' bestowed upon him by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. On behalf of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he will go to his motherland to spread the goodwill from China. At the same time, he will bring a few books of Buddhism with him to educate and brainwash the entire grassland.
Liu Che stood up with a smile and looked at the strange combination in front of him.
Han Sanzang has it.
Monk Sha also has...
The eagerness and hope on Ocolati's face to go to Daxia were enough to make him the best candidate for Sha Monk.
However, the second senior brother and the first senior brother are still lacking.
As for the Roman envoy, Curitios?
I'm so sorry, it's not just Liu Che who doesn't want him to leave.
He himself didn't want to leave.
Curitios's thought was simple: he didn't want to be captured by the Huns again, put in a cage, and made a pet again.
His life is very precious.
He planned to wait until the Han army opened the way to the Western Regions before returning to Rome. (To be continued.) 8
