Li Kuan and Wu Hui's group walked towards the East City after a round of shopping in the West Market. Women's preference for shopping no matter where they are in the city is vividly shown in Wu Hui. I tasted the famous snacks in the whole capital in Wuhuo, Xishi, and also tasted food from foreign countries. In short, the meaning is still not enough.
Compared with the crowds in the West Market, the East Market seems out of place. There are also vendors here, as well as restaurants, antique calligraphy and painting shops, but they are not shouting about what they are like like in the West Market.
Those who are willing to enter the store are welcome; those who are not willing have the same warm smile on their faces. In the East City, pedestrians are dressed in gorgeous clothes. Men wear good silk clothing, and women wear good silk satin. Walking anywhere is a beautiful landscape.
"It's so deserted here!"
Wu Jue's first feeling was that things were deserted. Not only did she feel that way, but even Li Kuan was a little surprised. According to different service targets, the East Market should be more lively. Almost all the people who enter the East Market are high-ranking officials. Compared with the mixed fish and dragons in the West Market, the management of the East Market is more orderly. In order to regulate market operations, the imperial court set up a management agency in the most central place.
Li Kuan and Wu Jue and his party walked for more than half an hour. There were no crowded vendors or crowds on both sides of the street. Everyone kept a certain distance to avoid collisions, unlike the crowded West Market.
At the same time, the shops here are more of jade, antique calligraphy, ceramics, etc., besides the most are the red lanterns hanging high. There are more than twice as many lanterns in the East City than in the West City. Li Kuan and others walked over the arch bridge and entered a huge square filled with men, women and children.
When everyone looked intently, they saw densely packed red lanterns hung on the square. Each lantern was connected in a line with a red string. From a distance, it looked like rows of orderly lines. Although there is a lot of people on both sides of the street, it is not as good as here.
Wu Shuo trot over, and curiously stretched out his head to find out, but there were people standing in front of him, and there was no space at all. Seeing this, Li Kuan held Wu Jue's hand gently and gently, and walked through the crowd at will, and the two of them came to the front without realizing it.
Wu Suo looked intently and saw an elderly man in official uniforms sitting at a rectangular table. There was another elderly man in the same clothes beside him. Compared with those two men, they were a bit serious. One of them was holding A piece of bamboo sign seemed to have a number written on it, and he heard him shout loudly: "No. 796!"
A simple but very decent, white man walked out, respectfully saluting and replied: "The niche is here!"
"Do I still need to talk about the rules?" the man asked back, and the white-faced scholar quickly replied: "The little student already knows, don't bother adults!"
The man nodded and didn't say much, only to see the white-faced scholar bowed and bowed back, tidied his clothes, and walked forward confidently. Wu Hui was curious about what they were doing. Li Kuan knew what she was thinking, and asked quietly: "Xiongtai, what is this?"
"You don't know?"
The man next to him looked at Li Kuan in surprise. The latter shook his head. He guessed that Li Kuan was someone from outside and explained it again. Li Kuan only knew that they were guessing lantern riddles again. This is also an event held every festival in Datang. .
As for the empty place here is the Stabilization Department set up by the court here. The three are the recruited officials, and there are some guards around to maintain order. When Li Kuan heard that it was a lantern riddle, he immediately lost his interest. In his opinion, it was not fun at all, and it was no good if he guessed it. It might as well continue to play to be realistic.
"Your Excellency should be a foreigner!" Seeing that Li Kuan had no interest, the man said with a smile: "This lantern riddle guessing is not easy. It is an edict issued by the current emperor himself. The person who wins the first prize every year can get rewards, even some Opportunity to meet the Holy Spirit." New Bayi Chinese Website first published https://(www).https://m/.x81zw./com/
Li Kuan was surprised: "What are the benefits of the face saint?"
"If you are appreciated by the emperor, you have a chance to be an official. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" The man's eyes were full of envy, and Li Kuan was even more puzzled. Isn't Datang an imperial examination? If you want to be an official, you only need to participate in the imperial examination and have a score, so why bother
The man smiled and did not speak, some things could only be unspeakable!
Li Kuan was stunned for a long time and still didn't think of it. He never thought about Wu Shun but saw the key. Although the Tang Dynasty did not restrain merchants, commercial development was prosperous. However, being in official positions is something that the children of merchants dream of.
Because the Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty and adopted the imperial examination to select talents, but the current imperial examination system is still not perfect. In comparison, if a businessman wants to be an official in the DPRK, he must cut off all ties with his family or change his place of origin. That is to say, those who enter the court as officials are not the heirs of merchants. If you want to enter the court as officials, you have to discard this relationship.
Guessing lantern riddles today is the opportunity that Li Shimin, the current emperor, gives businessmen to enter the dynasty as officials, and it is also an opportunity for those who are truly talented. As long as the leader wins, he has a chance to face the saint, that is, he can enter the court as an official, regardless of his status.
"Why don't we try it too?" Wu Shuo wasn't interested in Mian Sheng, but wanted to see what Lantern Riddles looked like.
Li Kuan said dumbfounded: "Leave this opportunity to others!"
Wu Jue hurriedly said: "It's okay to try, the big deal is that we won't play afterwards!"
Li Kuan couldn't persuade Wu Jue to give up his eagerness to try, so he had to bite the bullet and walked forward with her and said respectfully: "My lord, my wife and I are willing to try?" New Bayi Chinese website first published www.( x81zw).comm./x81zw/.com
The straight-faced official glanced at Li Kuan and Wu Shuo, frowned, and said solemnly, "This is not a fun place!"
Li Kuan wanted to try, but he was sternly rejected, which made Li Kuan a little at a loss. It was the first time that he was so ruthlessly rejected. He even guessed from his words that the other party should have heard the conversation between him and Wu Hui. , Especially those sharp eyes as if insight into the human heart, it is daunting.
"Give it or not!" Li Kuan didn't bother to deal with him. If Wu Jue didn't want to try, he really didn't have that interest. The latter saw Li Kuan's attitude so tough, his brows furrowed, and the elder beside him. With a smile on his face, he said, "Since you guys want to try it, let's go!"
Li Kuan took the "One Thousand One and One" written in capitals on the bamboo plaque, and thought to himself: "Are there any fantasy?"
"One Thousand and One" was the number plate in Li Kuan's hand, and he was a little emotional when he saw the number. In an instant, Li Kuan had the first fairy tale book "The Thousand and One Nights" that he had read in modern society. (End of this chapter)