Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 446 The Eve of the Imperial Examination
Chapter 445: On the eve of the imperial examination
Wucheng Xie family, one of the four great families in Jiangdong, was wiped out, causing all the big families in Deng State to die suddenly. Everyone was in danger. They were afraid that Deng Sheng's next butcher knife would fall on their heads. They were still desperately opposing it. And other aristocrats who criticized the imperial examination system, when they saw the Xie family in Jiangdong, a big family standing at the top of the pyramid of the aristocratic family in Deng country, they all said it would be destroyed, so they stopped all actions.

With the destruction of the Xie family, voices from all over the country opposing and criticizing the imperial examination system gradually disappeared. Deng Sheng was very happy about this. The massacres can sometimes stabilize the place. As for the matter of the Xie family, Deng Sheng was called a butcher and a tyrant by the big families. Deng Sheng didn't care about it at all, as long as the country of Deng could develop smoothly and steadily. , so what if a little infamy?Besides, with hundreds of thousands of elites in hand, Deng Sheng is also fearless.

In the matter of exterminating the entire Xie family, apart from Deng Sheng's infamy, the other person who was infamous was Su Hong, who led the matter. Although Deng Sheng was the one who gave the final order, as the executor, Su Hong The accusations and criticisms that Hong received were not rare, and even many ministers in the court who came from aristocratic families began to draw a clear line with Su Hong, and after killing the entire Xie family, Su Hong encountered There were no less than ten assassinations, but fortunately Su Hong was the leader of the mirror and had a large number of masters of the mirror to protect him, so he survived. Otherwise, Su Hong would have died countless times.

Even so, after defeating the leader of the Xie family, the resistance to the implementation of the imperial examination system was reduced a lot in an instant. Students from all over the country rushed to Wancheng to take the first imperial examination. Extraordinary, there are still many aristocrats from aristocratic families who have begun to frequently contact the children of poor families who came to Wancheng to take the imperial examination, hoping to recruit them into their sects, and some even use the name of recruiting sons-in-law.

In the 23rd year of Qianyuan, on April [-]th, ten days before the first imperial examination, Deng Sheng also appointed the officials of the first academic department, and ordered Zhang Bin to be the minister, Chen Qun, the minister of rites, and Su Hong, the minister of military affairs. As a servant, according to the grades of Chen Qun and Su Hong, it is very inappropriate to be a servant of the school, but there is no way, the first imperial examination, in order to show importance, must require important officials from the court to sit in charge. Originally, Deng Sheng planned to let Cui Hao or Jiang Wan became ministers. After all, although they are both one of the three prime ministers, Zhang Bin's academic status is not comparable to that of Zhongshu Sheng and Shang Shu Sheng, but both Cui Hao and Jiang Wan came from aristocratic families. It is difficult to be unbiased. Looking at the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty, only Zhang Bin has no prejudice against the aristocrats and poor families, so Deng Sheng can only let Zhang Bin be the first minister of the school.

In Qianyang Palace, Zhang Bin, the first minister of the school, Chen Qun, Su Hong, Jiang Wan, the minister of the school, and Cui Hao, the minister of Zhongshu, came here to meet Deng Sheng. Today, they have only one purpose, that is to set The subject of the imperial examination, according to regulations, should have been determined by the academic department, but since it was the first session, Deng Sheng was the one who set it.

"Your Majesty, the imperial examination is coming, but the topic of this exam has not been decided yet. After several days of discussion, the Faculty failed to reach a consensus, so I can only trouble you!" Zhang Bin said to Deng Sheng.

Deng Sheng nodded, and then looked at the topics proposed by the department. Most of them were about how to govern the local area, which was quite satisfactory, but Deng Sheng was not satisfied.

After putting away these questions, Deng Sheng said: "The purpose of the imperial examination is to attract talents from all over the world, and those who stand out from the imperial examination must not only govern the local area. After all, they will all enter and leave the imperial court in the future. Knowing how to govern a place is not enough."

Deng Sheng frowned, thought for a while, and then said: "This time, I will take two questions. The first is how to go about facing Qin, Zhao, and Deng under the current situation. In addition, how to realize the unification of the world, and the second is how to make the country rich." Strong soldiers!" These two topics are very much in line with Deng's current situation, not to mention how to realize the unification of the world. This is the goal that Deng will strive for in the next ten years, or decades. As for the prosperity of the country and the strengthening of its soldiers, this It is the foundation of the unification of the world. Although Deng Guo is already the richest country among all the countries in the world, in Deng Sheng's view, the current situation does not allow it to realize the unification of the world. Deng Guo still needs to accumulate more The money, food, soldiers, and horses have achieved absolute advantages over Qin and Zhao in this respect. Only in this way can the grand plan and great wish of the unification of the world be realized.

"Great Wang Yingming, these two questions can not only select talents who will agree with my Great Deng's future development, but also find out the future path of my Great Deng. It really kills two birds with one stone!" Jiang, who can say that he has nothing to do with this matter, Wan was the first to jump out to give Deng Sheng a rainbow fart, and praised Deng Sheng fiercely. After all, Deng Sheng is very dissatisfied with Jiang Wan now because of the Xie family matter. For his own future, Jiang Wan also knows what to do now. made!

"I don't know what the academic department thinks?" Although Deng Sheng was very disappointed with these compliments, to be honest, Deng Sheng has long been immune, after all these years.Saying these words is much better than Jiang Wan's.

Zhang Bin thought for a while, then looked at each other with Su Hong and Chen Qun, nodded to each other, and then Zhang Bin came out and said: "My lord, these two topics cover the development direction of my great Deng in the next ten years. It is indeed the most suitable topic at the moment. The ministers have no objection!"

Deng Sheng smiled and nodded, the topic has been decided, and now we have to wait for the imperial examination ten days later, Deng Sheng thought for a while, and said: "The Order of Wancheng, the Commander's Mansion of the Great General, Deng Ai, the Great General of the Habayashi Guard , and Der Spiegel and the Ministry of Punishment have made all preparations. During the imperial examination, I don’t want to see any accidents in Wancheng. Everything needs to wait until the end of the imperial examination. Also, I also know what those aristocrats are doing now , give them a warning, tell them to restrain themselves, this is the first imperial examination, I don't want any accidents, otherwise the sword in my hand will not recognize anyone!"

Now the imperial examination has not yet started, and there is no final conclusion on who can win and who can't, but the aristocrats of the aristocratic families have begun to contact the children of poor families frequently. Deng Sheng really can't see it, and Deng Sheng is also afraid of the talents he has painstakingly selected. In the end, all of them went into the pockets of the aristocrats of the family, which was not allowed by Deng Sheng. In the matter of killing the Xie family, Deng Sheng was given a lot of confidence, so that Deng Sheng dared to directly threaten these aristocrats of the family.

"Here!" Everyone responded in unison, with solemn faces. They knew that Deng Sheng was not joking. If something really happened in the imperial examination this time, Deng Sheng might really kill someone. One Xie family has already been wiped out, and Deng Sheng's family doesn't mind killing a few more. If there is any noble family who doesn't open their eyes and directly hits Deng Sheng's gun, then it can only be said that it is their own fault. Good luck!
Wancheng, Yanlailou, this is the restaurant owned by Zhao Yuan, Deng Guo’s first Minister of Commerce. Ever since Zhao Yuan retired from the position of Minister of Commerce, he has been in charge of this restaurant in person. Now it is time for the imperial examination. At the critical moment, Zhao Yuan was in charge in person.

As the largest and most prestigious restaurant in Wancheng, at this critical moment, of course there are people coming and going. Standing in the attic on the top floor, Zhao Yuan looked at the door downstairs where people came and went. Shopkeeper Lou said: "The imperial examination is about to start. This is the most lively event in recent years for my Da Deng. There must be a mixture of dragons and snakes in Wancheng. You must pay more attention, and don't let people harass the people who live in our Yanlai Building. Student, the king attaches great importance to the imperial examination this time, and as subjects, we must do our best!"

Zhao Yuan is a person who knows how to be grateful. He knows that the reason why he has the prominent position today is that Deng Sheng brought him into the court from the market. If there is no Deng Sheng, Zhao Yuan He is just an unknown businessman, so how can he be the Minister of Commerce?What's more, when he retired, Deng Sheng directly made him an earl in recognition of Zhao Yuan's contribution, making Zhao Yuan leap from a merchant to an aristocrat.

Although he has already retired, Zhao Yuan still has some ears in the court, and he also knows that Deng Sheng attaches great importance to the imperial examination, and in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the imperial examination, Deng Sheng did not hesitate to directly kill one of the four great families in Jiangdong Wu Cheng Xie's family, so I want to thank Deng Sheng.Zhao Yuan must not let the students who came to take the imperial examination have any accidents, at least the students in his Yanlai Building must not have any problems.

(End of this chapter)