Chapter 2149 Number One Scholar and Marriage Grant

As for supplies being rotated between different locations, Yao Youqian also thought of a solution. Everywhere he went, the local government stepped in to check the supplies. If the quantity checked was different from what the court had allocated, he would immediately Report.

He also proposed that veterans with broken limbs be paid to follow the supplies. They have suffered the hardship of supplies being withheld. If they find that supplies have been withheld somewhere, they will definitely make a fuss.

In fact, there are many loopholes in Yao Youqian's suggestion, and he took a big risk when writing it. But judging from the ranking, he made the right bet. Emperor Jingyuan recognized it and gave him the second place in the test.

Lu Bai was very happy and patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are rich, I didn't expect you to be a promising kid. You passed the exam and came second, but you gave us the face of Yujiang County Magistrate. Hurry up, continue reading, and wait for the palace exam. If we get the top score in the exam, we can return to our hometown in glory!"

Yao Youqian rolled his eyes at him and said, "How you do on the exam has nothing to do with your reading."

It depends on what the emperor wants and what kind of talents the court needs.

Lu Bai's knowledge is not bad, and his articles are very good and beautiful, but why didn't he pass the examination? To put it bluntly, it is impractical, and what the court now needs are talents who understand practical matters, can handle affairs, and can endure hardships, not scholars who can write articles.

Hua Qianshan agreed very much, nodded and said: "Brother Qian is right, I just eat, drink and have too much fun. If I could know more about the war in the northwest and wartime farming, I wouldn't be in the bottom of the exam. two."

It was really embarrassing. For the rest of his life, whenever his colleagues asked about the scientific examination, he would be laughed at.

Yao Youqian said: "The reason you got second to last in the exam is not because you don't know enough, it's because you didn't write the article well enough."

Jinke's selection of talents indeed pays the most attention to pragmatism, but literary talent should not be too bad. Hua Qianshan suffered from poor literary talent, so he got second to last in the exam.

Hua Qianshan was anxious: "What should I do? Who can help me?"

Yao Youqian pointed to Lu Bai: "Look for him. His articles are as beautiful as flowers. If you learn from them, you will definitely make progress before the imperial examination."

Gu Jinan nodded: "Brother Qian is right. Lu Bai's literary talent is indeed a good word. Ask him for advice."

After hearing this, Hua Qianshan immediately went to pester Lu Bai.

Lu Bai shouted: "If you don't teach me, I'm just a poor scholar. How can I teach a scholar?"

He has no time, he still has to go out and tell stories.

But Lu Bai finally agreed. He taught Hua Qianshan for a few days and wrote dozens of articles together. Hua Qianshan's literary talent became more beautiful than ever before.

And during the ten days they studied hard behind closed doors, more than a dozen incidents occurred in the capital where tribute officials had accidents and were unable to participate in the palace examination.

The tributes who had the accident regretted it and cried bitterly. Many tributes went to Jingzhao Mansion to sue, asking Jingzhao Mansion to find the person who harmed them, but they were all beaten back by Jingzhao Yin.

Jing Zhaoyin said that no one harmed them, it was all an accident, and asked them to leave quickly.

Jing Zhaoyin did this because he received a secret order from Emperor Jing Yuan... Emperor Jing Yuan wants practical talents who can withstand blows, not idiots who get carried away just after being admitted as tributes and are so harmed that they can't even participate in the palace examination. !

After ten noisy days, it was February 12, the day of the palace examination.

The five hundred tributes had to get up in the middle of the night. They arrived in front of the imperial city gate at Yinshi and began to undergo inspection... When they entered the palace to participate in the palace examination, the inspection was particularly strict. They were stripped and inspected three times. The inspection was not completed until halfway through Maoshi.

Then he learned the etiquette of admonishment from the palace eunuch. At the end of the day, when he was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, the eunuch shouted in a sharp voice: "The adults have gone to court. All tributes, please follow the slaves." Come into the palace."

They were not given food or water, nor were they given time to perform their duties. Many tributes felt uncomfortable because of urgent need to urinate and hunger.

The eunuch's eyes were sharp and he saw that many of the tributes were anxious, but he just smiled and did not tell them the solution... His Majesty said that the court only wants talents, not fools. If they are really pissed off by himself, If you are suffocating it to death, then go and die, there is no use keeping it anyway.

The chief eunuch who led the way also said: "Fellow tributes, disobedience in front of the palace is a capital offense."

So you'd better hold it in.

However……

boom!

When a Gongshi heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He couldn't hold it in anymore and peed his pants on the spot.

When the eunuch saw this, his face darkened, and he directly ordered the palace sergeant: "Drag him down."

After hearing this, the sergeants immediately stepped forward, grabbed the tribute soldier, and dragged him away.

The tribute soldier was dragged out for a few meters before he came to his senses and shouted: "Can't..."

He can't leave, he still has to take the imperial examination!

But he only shouted two words before the sergeant covered his mouth. He could no longer speak and could only cry.

A sergeant scolded: "Shut up, who told you not to be smarter and solve it earlier. You won't know until you are about to enter the palace that you are hungry and need to pee."

What a bunch of idiots. Where have all the books gone?

This tribute was also wronged. He entered the palace for the first time. How could he know that he had been tested in the capital palace and could be dismissed for such a trivial matter?

A kind-hearted sergeant said: "You have not violated the criminal law, and your merit is still there, so you can take the exam again after you quit. But if you scream and alert the Holy Master, and your merit is gone, then life will be worse than death."

After hearing this, the Gongshi could only accept their fate and be dragged out of the imperial city.

After this incident, the other tributes became more cautious. Even if they couldn't hold it in, they still held it in. At this moment, they were already in the main hall.

"kneel!"

The tributes immediately knelt down and saluted Emperor Jingyuan.

Emperor Jingyuan didn't talk nonsense to them. He only said a few words. After the table was set, he asked the tributes to sit down on their knees to take the exam.

The question asked in today's imperial examination is really frightening. It is: How can kings, commanders, generals, people, and merchants coexist? Are soldiers loyal to the emperor and loyal generals? If you and your generals are at odds, how should the soldiers deal with it?

The test questions were asked by Emperor Jing Yuan on the spot. As soon as these words came out, all the ministers present were shocked... They knew that Emperor Jing Yuan was crazy, but they didn't expect that he would be so crazy.

What is this going to do? Are you going to challenge Xu You head-on and challenge those hundreds of thousands of troops? !

Once word gets out about the palace test questions, what will those soldiers think? Do you really think about it? Do you want to have a fight with Xu You?

Fang Shangshu wiped his hands with cold sweat. He really shouldn't let Dianqing take the test in this subject. No matter how he answers the test questions, he will offend the other party.

When Ouyang Zhang heard this question, he shook his head... Your Majesty was still too impatient. Why didn't you discuss it with them before setting the question?

Elder Ying Ge was there, so he didn't panic at all. Instead, he wished that Emperor Jing Yuan and Xu You would break up quickly. Their wealthy families like to take advantage of each other... but the Rong bandits are a big disaster. He is afraid that the Chu will be unstable and the Rong bandits will invade. Let the wealthy family lose the country they finally regained.

After Emperor Jingyuan finished asking the test questions, he looked at everyone present with increasingly cold eyes. Hehe, they are a group of hypocrites who only want to get benefits and do not want to offend anyone. Today he wants them to make a choice, whether to choose to be loyal to the emperor or to choose to do something. A wallflower? !

And as long as you don't choose to be loyal to the emperor, don't even think about passing the exam. Anyway, he has the final say on the ranking in the palace examination.

Ouyang Zhang looked at Emperor Jingyuan's face and felt sad in his heart. The imperial examination, a major event to select talents for the country, had turned into a child's play of making choices according to the emperor's preferences. It was really sad.