In the middle of the lobby of the Shangshu Province, there was a man sitting with a big golden sword at this time. Isn’t it the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yan?

"His Majesty!"

Du Huangshang and Hong Yuan were both shocked and immediately bowed to Li Yan. This time, Shuanxuan was transferred from the Ministry of Personnel to the Secretariat, and now it was the emperor who came here in person. This level of importance can be said to be unprecedented.

"The reason why you two are here at the same time is that His Majesty has just arrived here. The official positions of your two must be determined by His Majesty himself. This is different from the other twenty-four people. Such an opportunity is very rare. I hope you two cherish it!"

Xu Yuan said this. As their chief examiner, Xu Yuan said this, obviously to explain that Li Yan was not here all the time, but to come here specially for the sake of the two of them.

"I will definitely not let down the trust of Your Majesty and the Dukes!"

Li Qing didn't say anything during this process, but she was already satisfied with the reactions of the two. They were neither panicked because Li Qing arrived nor deliberately showed themselves in front of Li Qing.

"Give me a seat!"

Li Yan stretched out his hand and pointed at the two benches that had been prepared. Hong Yuan and Du Huangshang did not refuse and directly sat on the big golden sword.

They knew in their hearts that since Li Yan appeared here, they would definitely not simply want to see the two of them and take the exam to get what ability they have. It is almost certain.

"I have read the articles of you two myself over and over again. The rankings of you two were also chosen by me personally. However, this ranking is not important to you in the future as an official. Do you know, what is important?"

After Li Qing asked this, he looked at the two of them.

Du Huangshang glanced at Hong Yuan and knew that although the ranking was not important, he had to say it first according to the ranking.

"Your Majesty, since we can get into Your Majesty's eyes, we naturally want to solve some problems for Your Majesty and for our Tang Dynasty. But we have no experience as an official, so the important thing is to accumulate experience rather than to be greedy for comfort!"

"Hong Yuan, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, Brother Du said very much."

After Hong Yuan finished speaking these words, he closed his mouth again, which surprised the few people below.

Logically speaking, after Du Huangshang finished speaking first, Hong Yuan should have said something more profound than Du Huangshang to highlight his foundation as the top scorer. However, he just expressed his affirmation of Du Huangshang's words, which is unreasonable.

"Okay! I've really guessed correctly the character of you, the top scorer."

"In Chang'an City, whether to serve under my nose or to release it, how do you two choose?"

Li Yi’s question has no rules at all, he just asks wherever he thinks. However, as soon as this question was spoken, both of them said at the same time: “Please let me go out.”

Li Qing nodded again when he heard this, obviously he was quite satisfied with this answer. After he thought for a moment, he spoke again.

"There are no need to ask the questions of other Jinshi. These two people were chosen by me personally, and their path will be decided by me. If something goes wrong in the end, it will be not me. In this way, you can sort out all the vacancies in Xiazhou Sima and Shangxian County Magistrates who are now vacant in my Tang Dynasty and let them choose now!"

As soon as these two words were spoken from Li Qing's mouth, Hong Yuan and Du Huangshang were a little surprised.

Their previous speculation was that they should not be awarded any ninth-rank official positions, because the ninth-rank official positions were really low. Although there were still no grades below, they still had very little direct training for people.

They both thought that their ceiling this time should be the magistrates of the few counties that were the most ineffective in the Tang Dynasty, and the most likely one should be some county magistrates of the Central County, which are very suitable for them to start.

Although the county magistrate of the county is from the seventh rank in his official position, he is also a seventh rank official.

The two people Li Qing mentioned now are all from the sixth-rank official positions. How many people have to work hard for more than ten years to reach the position, but they can be arranged directly. This starting point is really a bit tough.

According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty in the 18th year of Kaiyuan, more than 40,000 households were Shangzhou, twenty-five thousand households were Zhongzhou, and less than 20,000 households were Xiazhou.

In the 18th year of Kaiyuan, more than 6,000 households were designated as Shangxian County, more than 3,000 households were designated as Zhongxian County, and less than 2,000 households were designated as Xiaxian County.

Needless to say, the county magistrate of the county is that even if a county with more than 6,000 households has experienced the rebellion of An Lushan, it should have been restored to four or five thousand households in recent years. This is definitely a very good platform.

But the official position of Sima in Xiazhou is a bit interesting.

After the Kaiyuan year, the specific position of Sima was to assist the local chief officials in handling local government affairs. As for what they were responsible for, there was no specific regulation. It was more just a false name and had no power. It almost became a synonym for the demotion of the imperial court in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, most people would not be willing to go to Sima, but his grade is really there.

Even Zhang Xun and others didn't know what Li Qing meant by putting the official position of Sima in Xiazhou. Not many county magistrates in Shangzhou were vacant, but many Sima in Xiazhou were vacant. When Xu Yuan saw Li Qing ask this, he was a little worried, afraid that these two people would not be able to withstand the temptation of Sima's official position.

After a while, an official from the Secretariat handed the paper he copied to Li Lan. After Li Lan glanced at it, he ordered them to hand it to Hong Yuan and Du Huangshang.

"This is my reward for you two. You two will choose any official position on this piece of paper. Which one you choose, you will go where you will take office in a few days."

Hong Yuan and Du Huangshang looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes, but at the same time they also saw each other's fearlessness. Since this is really the opportunity given to them by Li Qing, they naturally have to seize it. Starting from the sixth-rank official position can allow them to develop into the power center of the Tang Dynasty at a faster speed. Of course, the premise is that they really have the ability.

The emperor was waiting on the top, so this choice had to be made faster. People who hesitate would never get any good results. Both of them knew this.

"How did you two choose?"
Chapter completed!