The down-and-out scholar Yuan Gongyu was about to close the stall and go home, but unexpectedly there was a noise in Fangmen. The place where he set up the stall was originally near Fangmen. He was curious at the moment, so he followed the crowd and surrounded him. But he found that several yamen runners were posting the list. Because Fangmen was the main road for entering and leaving, if the court had any decrees or notices, they would post the list in front of Fangmen. The most common one was the list of arresting criminals.

Yuan Gongyu originally thought that another thief had committed the crime, but when he saw the list of the article on the wall, he couldn't help but be stunned, because the name of the yamen that issued the list of the article was marked at the beginning. Yuan Gongyu was a scholar who was devoted to fame and was very clear about the various government yamen in Chang'an City, but this was the first time he heard about the name of the yamen on this list of the article.

"Financial Management Supervision? Among the five prisons of the Nine Temples, I seem to have never heard of any financial management supervision?" Yuan Gongyu couldn't help but say in confusion. In fact, although the financial management supervision has not been established for a long time, it has been circulating among scholars. However, Yuan Gongyu travels around every day for food and clothing, and is short of money. He has not met those friends in the scholars for a long time, and the public knows very little about financial management supervision, so he has not heard this name for the first time until now.

However, although I heard the name of the Financial Management Supervision Commission for the first time, when Yuan Gongyu saw the contents of the list, he couldn't help but feel shocked. It turned out that this was a list of recruiting talents. The roughly means that the financial management commission is newly established and requires a large number of minor officials, so he recruited from the public. There are not many requirements, mainly because he can write and calculate. Of course, in addition to this, there are additional conditions such as innocence, health, etc.

At this time, someone read out the contents of the list. When they heard that it was the imperial yamen recruiting minor officials, there was a burst of heated discussion among the crowd. Although minor officials were not considered officials, they also had some privileges. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty treated officials with generous treatment. Even if only one person in a poor family was in the public office, they could support the family. What's more, if the minor officials did a good job, they might not be able to be promoted to an official in the future. At that time, they would be officially registered and become the master of the official family.

However, minor officials are not that easy to be a clever official. In addition to the silly errands like yamen runners and jailers, most minor officials are slashers and pens. Knowing and stating words is the most basic requirement. Of course, it is not enough to just read. Although the literacy rate in the Tang Dynasty was not high, it was not small. It was impossible for everyone to be a minor official, so in addition to stating, it must also be related, otherwise ordinary people would not find a way to be a minor official.

Of course, there are very few situations like today. A certain yamen needs too many people and recruits them publicly from the public. This kind of thing is not often encountered, and it may not even happen once in a few years. Therefore, this is also a good thing for many scholars from poor families.

The crowd around was talking, and even people ran back to report to the people they knew. Yuan Gongyu also showed a silent expression after reading the list text. However, it was getting late and he lived farther away, so he packed up his things first and then hurried back to his residence.

Yuan Gongyu lives in Chang'anfang, southwest of Chang'an City, but when it comes to naming, he usually makes up for whatever is missing. For example, although the name of Chang'anfang is Chang'an, it is actually not safe at all.

The terrain of Chang'anfang is relatively low. Every summer when there is too much rain, the water in Chang'an City cannot be discharged, and as a result, it all flows to Chang'anfang. Therefore, the wealthy families in Chang'an City will never choose to settle down here. The entire house is the poorest group of people in Chang'an City. In fact, it is not just Chang'anfang. The surrounding Pinghefang, Yonghefang and others also have the same problems. It can be said that this is the slum area of ​​Chang'an City.

After Yuan Gongyu entered Chang'anfang, he walked through the narrow and dark streets to his place where he lived. It was a small yard with three rooms in total and it was very dilapidated. As long as it rained, there would be no rain on the roof. Moreover, it was cold in winter and hot in summer, and the conditions were extremely arduous.

However, even such a dilapidated small yard, Yuan Gongyu could not afford to rent it. He only rented one small room, and the other two were rented by others, and they were all laborers in the city. He thought that he was a scholar, but he wanted to live with these inferior people. This made Yuan Gongyu feel uneasy. He rarely interacted with each other, and even said a few words when he met.

At this time, the sky was completely dark. Yuan Gongyu entered his dark room, carefully placed the guise and pen ink for eating on the table, and then lit an oil lamp, and picked up the oil lamp and walked around the room, mainly to see if there were any thieves who had come in. Although he was now penniless, there were all kinds of people in Chang'anfang, especially those who had transferred houses. Even if it was a piece of clothing that was dry in the yard, it might be stolen if you were accidentally sleeping. You had to be careful when you waking up, otherwise you might lose your quilt when you wake up.

After confirming that there were a lot of things in the room, Yuan Gongyu checked the doors and windows again and then closed them carefully. At this time, he felt tired and hungry. The steamed cake he ate for lunch had been digested. Fortunately, he still left a half steamed cake. However, because it was too hot, he was afraid that it would be bad, so he had put it in the sun before, but now it was dry and hard.

However, if a person is hungry, he will not care about anything else. He can fill his stomach as long as he can fill his stomach. What's more, Yuan Gongyu's house has nothing to fill his stomach except the steamed cakes left today. So he poured himself a bowl of cold water. He was about to eat, but suddenly he saw the lit oil lamp again. Thinking that the oil at home was almost gone, he immediately blew out the oil lamp. Anyway, he only used his mouth to eat, and lighting the oil lamp is a waste.

At that moment, Yuan Gongyu sat in the dark and ate a dry and hard steamed cake with cold water. Only then did he relieve the hunger in his stomach a little, and then he immediately lay on the bed, hoping to fall asleep early and that as long as he fell asleep, he would not feel hungry.

However, Yuan Gongyu couldn't sleep today, and tossed and turned on the bed like a pancake, because he was full of the fact that he saw the list today. The Financial Management Supervision recruited minor officials, which was a rare opportunity. Although he didn't know what the Financial Management Supervision Commission did, as long as he became a minor official, at least the problem of eating would be solved.

However, as a scholar, Yuan Gongyu has been determined to teach and achieve fame since he was sensible, so he actually despised the minor officials in the past. If he had just come to Chang'an, he would not be a minor official even if he was beaten to death, and he would not even think about it because he felt that this was an insult to himself.

However, since the failure of the imperial examination, Yuan Gongyu has also suffered a great blow. In addition, he has struggled for life in the past two years, and has eroded Yuan Gongyu's arrogance, especially now that he has no penny and his life in writing letters is becoming increasingly difficult to do. If this continues, he may either starve to death or have to go to the street to beg for food in a few days. If he really falls to the point of begging for food, Yuan Gongyu feels that he might as well die.

"Although the minor official's origin is not very good, at least his salary is good, and it is no problem to support his family. Moreover, minor official can also participate in the imperial examination. Sun Fujia, the top scholar in the fifth year of Wude, was a legal officer in Wannian County before, and even the top scholar was a minor official, let alone a scholar like me who failed the exam?" Yuan Gongyu whispered to himself at this time. In fact, he said these words for himself, in order to find an excuse for himself.

"That's all. Let's try to recruit minor officials tomorrow. If it's feasible, then be a minor official for two years. When the court opens the imperial examination again, it's not too late for me to participate in the imperial examination again. Moreover, if you can also contact some officials when you are a minor official, it will be more convenient to participate in the imperial examination in the future. If you can get the appreciation of any noble person, it would be even better!" Yuan Gongyu said to himself again. When he said this, he couldn't help but show a look of excitement on his face.

Yuan Gongyu felt more and more excited when he was thinking about going to the minor official tomorrow, but he couldn't sleep. When it was almost 3 o'clock, he finally felt the pain of insomnia. First of all, his stomach was like a drum, and the feeling of hunger could make people crazy. Yuan Gongyu wanted to get up and eat the only half of the steamed cake left. However, when he thought that he would go to the minor official tomorrow, he would not be able to sleep without strength. In the end, he could only endure hunger. It was not until the second half of the night that he fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, Yuan Gongyu got up early and washed up. Then he found his only Confucian shirt. After changing it, he ate the half steamed cake. Then he hurried to the West Market. Because yesterday's list was very clear, everyone who applied for the recruitment had to go to the West Market, which was the place under construction next to Yuan Gongyu's stall, and the China Financial Management Commission selected the best to select scholars.

Yuan Gongyu had never known what the building was built next to the yard gate. He only knew that the building was large in scale and had been built partly. Now it seems that it is likely to be related to the financial management supervision. But when he arrived here, he found that there were already many people coming here, including old and young, with no less than a hundred people in total.

This was the first day that so many people came, which made Yuan Gongyu feel a little worried. However, thinking that he was a student who had participated in the imperial examination, and was definitely not comparable to ordinary people, he recovered some confidence a little.

When it was almost noon, a middle-aged official in his forties arrived here with a group of minor officials. Then the minor officials led them into a newly built house next to him, which contained many short tables, which looked similar to the imperial examination room.
Chapter completed!