Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Li Shimin waited for a long time, but there was no response, so he asked in a daze, "Is this all right?"

"Your Majesty, please wait patiently for a while!" The two comforted each other, looking at each other.

The invisible voice was quickly transmitted to the lower floor through the pipeline, and the order was quickly conveyed to the control room at the bottom floor.

Through the transparent glass, everyone saw a group of people holding flags rushing out from the deck, waving the flags and conveying orders.

"This is??"

"This is an order for everyone below the ship to leave and prepare to sail."

As soon as the words fell, everyone heard the metallic sound of 'Kang Dang', and turned their heads to look.

The iron chain thicker than a person is slowly being pulled out, and the tooth-sickening clang is the sound of the iron chain.

Before long, the chain was pulled to the end, and the huge anchor was retracted.

"Your Majesty, you can set sail." Seeing this situation, Liu Rengui reminded.

"Okay!" Li Shimin shouted into the megaphone: "Let's set sail!!"

"Boom, boom, boom~" After bursts of regular mechanical rhythms, a long "woo" sound came out, and white smoke billowed from the top of the ship.

The battleship began to move at a snail's pace.

"Your Majesty's battleship has already started, as long as you control the rudder, you can control the direction, and thus control the direction of the battleship."

"I understand."

"Woo~" The battleship sailed out of Jiulongtan slowly, like an arrow piercing the water surface, or like a mountain crushing the water surface, causing countless ripples, slapping the two banks continuously, leaving only a long white wave at the stern .

Li Shimin held the rudder tightly, looking at the slowly accelerating warship and the passing scenery, a surge of heroism rushed into his heart, so heroic.

"Big man~ when a cannon blasts the sky~ sinks into the ground, when a battleship rides the wind~ breaks the waves~ breaks the sky."

The thick white mist, accompanied by the loud "woo" sound, and the hydrological waves that set off.

The entire battleship seemed to be like a silver firefly in the dark night, shining extremely brightly, which attracted countless people on both sides of the strait to discuss it.

The fisherman tried his best to calm down the swaying boat, and said with emotion: "This speed is really unbelievable, plus the whole body is made of steel, who can beat it in the world."

"This kind of momentum, mighty power, is breathtaking!!" Exclaimed as he watched the white horses at the stern of the ship slowly turn into waves and beat the shore.

"It's time for Your Majesty to build a battleship, otherwise, if the Great Tang invades our country, it will be unstoppable." A foreign envoy was extremely vigilant.

Chapter 160 Reserve Officer

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the south wind was cold and the exhalation became foggy, but it couldn't stop the excitement of many Confucian scholars.

Today is the day when the imperial examination begins, and Confucian scholars from all over the world lined up in front of the examination room in an orderly manner.

"I don't know if this year's exam is the same as before."

"Hey, there are few people who pass the exam, but there are still blond-haired foreigners coming to join in the fun."

"Come on, every year those foreign envoys can't understand the culture of Tang Dynasty, so they just write their names."

"If there are no accidents, this year, people from those big families will be the top of the list."

"Hey, it's useless to talk too much, we still have to rely on our real skills, maybe we'll be like that Ma Zhou."

"Silence, line up to verify your integrity!!" The examiner interrupted everyone's conversation.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were very cruel and difficult.

For example, exam qualifications.

At this time, the imperial examination system was actually a part of the recommendation.

Examination qualifications are recommended by nobles and officials, and can only be possessed after verification of integrity.

And if you want to get the recommendation of an official, if you can spend money, it's nothing.

But in fact, you may not be able to get it even if you spend money, because once you are in high school, the other party will have a mentor relationship with you, and this is counted within the Nine Clans.

Once the recommended person committed a crime, he would also be at the risk of being implicated.

Just wanting to be recommended by officials, so as to obtain the qualifications for the exam, can kill a lot of people.

Although it is so developed now, in fact, this system has only continued until now. When applying for an iron rice bowl, there will be a line at the bottom that if someone in the family is an official or recommends you, you can be admitted first.

The imperial examinations are not only cruel but also very difficult. To describe it in one sentence, it is "thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Jinshi." '

In other dynasties, the scope of the examination was the Four Books and Five Classics, while the Tang Dynasty added a few more classics, but nine classics, and also added current affairs.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty admitted only one or two people each year on average, and the competition was extremely fierce.

This exam will last for several days. During this period, it will be a closed exam room, where all the eating, drinking and messing up will be allowed.

Finally arrived at the last scene, discussing current affairs.

[If the imperial court captures Goguryeo, how will it be governed?If Pyle waits to take the management of Goguryeo, is it willing? 】

This question surprised all the candidates.

There are quite a few Confucian scholars pressing questions, and this year's current affairs will definitely be related to Goguryeo.

But no one thought that they would directly say whether they would like to send themselves to manage Goguryeo.

There is no need to ask, it must be willing!

But instead of following the set of bowing their heads and proclaiming their vassals, they became Han people ruling Goguryeo?

One can imagine how difficult this topic is!

Countless candidates complained in their hearts.

But no matter how hard it is, you have to continue the exam. Soon, everyone put aside distracting thoughts and began to face the exam wholeheartedly.

Someone took out a quill pen and dipped it in ink and wrote [When you imitate Qin Shihuang, the car is on the same track, the book is the same text...]

Someone also wrote angrily: [When the people are relocated, the prisoners of war will be treated as servants with tattoos, and women will be given as rewards to the people who are too poor to marry wives...relocate the Han people...completely exterminate their country. 】

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While the candidates were writing hard, the last exam was over, and countless people were exchanging their opinions.

"This year's exam questions are really difficult!"

"Yeah, especially current affairs, I really don't know how to write!"

"Hey, it seems that this year is another decadent year for me to wait. The current affairs are too difficult."

Many people gathered at the entrance of the exam to discuss, but there were some exceptions.

Someone left the examination room and yelled in horror: "I forgot to sign... Bai is here!!" After speaking, he slammed on the ground like a madman.

"Another fool~"

Many examinees were quite speechless. When they were excited, they only remembered to answer the questions but forgot their signatures. There were so few people every year.

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a few days later.

In the eyes of many Confucian scholars looking forward to it, a group of soldiers shouted with gongs and drums: "The list is released, let it go!!"

The Confucian scholars who had been waiting for a long time spread out after hearing the words.

The soldiers squeezed in and pasted the first piece of paper, which stated the rules for this admission.

[Because of the conquest of Goguryeo this time, in order to govern Goguryeo, [-] candidates were selected and admitted, this is only a special case. 】

"Three hundred? Is it really three hundred?"

"I am not wrong, right!!"

"Should we all take Goguryeo as officials?"

"However, since His Majesty asked the question in the examination questions, and now he has posted a notice, it must be that I should wait for Goguryeo to be an official."

The Confucian scholars onlookers were in an uproar. No one expected that [-] Confucian scholars would be admitted this time. This number of admissions was more than that of any dynasty.

Soon, the soldiers posted the names of the admitted people on the city wall.

A foreign historian turned pale with fright after reading this rule: "Hurry up, leave Datang quickly, and return home quickly!!"

He was just here to join in the fun, but he didn't expect that he was admitted to be an official in Goguryeo, and he was about to run away on the spot.

He doesn't want to wade into this kind of muddy water, his life is of the utmost importance.

"Haha, what a cowardly Dashiguo, what's so scary about Goguryeo?"

Many people wept with joy and burst into tears. They took the exam for too long, their hair turned gray, and they were old. Finally, they were admitted.

An old Confucian scholar with thinning hair sighed, "I've finally been hired!!"

"I've been waiting for ten years, and I'm finally hired!" A poor scholar said with tears all over his face.

"Admitting 300 people, we are waiting for the era of Confucian scholars to come!!" Many Confucian scholars in sackcloth cried with joy.

There are also people who are eccentric, and think highly of themselves, saying, "Nonsense, look at the top of the list is someone from a famous family!"

"That's right, there are many famous families in the imperial list, and how many poor scholars are there?"

"Hmph, you don't want to make progress, why are you being that eunuch here?" One person was very dissatisfied.

"Brother, why did you speak so rudely? I can't say what that famous family did?"

"Hmph, now that His Majesty has a pinyin dictionary and newspapers, he is kind enough to us.

Are you still in a strange mood here?Do you know that Cuilu Wang Zhengjie donated 20 shi of grain for this war? "

The man was stunned speechless and speechless.

On the other side, someone weighed silently: "Shouldn't we be thinking about going to another country to serve as an official in Goguryeo?"

"It's worth thinking about it. If Goguryeo is defeated, then Goguryeo is Tang soil, no! It should be said to be Goryeo."

"That's right, after decades of exams, now is the once-in-a-lifetime day to turn around."

"Yeah, it's only this year, maybe next year there will be no more. Is it possible that we have to continue to watch famous families occupy the top of the list, and we will never turn around?"

The Confucian scholars looked at each other, and they all saw the unwillingness and helplessness in their eyes.

Since the spread of the pinyin dictionary, the price of books has dropped a lot, and more people can afford to read, but this does not mean that they can compare with famous families.

At present, there are more than 300 people, only a small part are the children of rich families, and most of them are poor scholars who have worshiped a mentor.

Now His Majesty wants to take down Goguryeo and rule it with Han people, and recruit [-] people.

Who would give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? , who is willing to be a down-and-out poor scholar for the rest of his life?

But Goguryeo is extremely far away, and there is still the hatred of destroying the country, even if it dies there, everyone may know it.

"Don't you want to be like him?" One person pointed to the person beside him and said.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a young Confucian scholar comforting his old father in a corner beside him.

The Confucian scholar's father's hair was gray, and he was muttering in a daze: "Three hundred, and the three hundred didn't pass the exam...I'm a waste...hehe waste."

And his son was supporting him and comforting him: "Father won't pass the exam this year, come back next year."

The situation is warm and touching.

But everyone watched with trepidation in their hearts, feeling like a rabbit died and a fox was sad.

After studying hard for ten years, why didn't they take the exam for many years!

Next year and next year, my hair is all gray, how can there be so many next years, this may be a portrayal of my future.

At this moment, there was a sound of beating gongs and drums.

Many Confucian scholars looked up, and it turned out that it was a celebration team, led by Zhuangyuan Lang.

I saw him wearing a number one scholar's hat, wearing a number one scholar's suit, a red silk flower on his chest, full of joy, and a white horse under his crotch.

Behind them are No. [-] and Tanhua, and many bands holding signs and beating gongs and drums.

Very festive!

The eyes of many Confucian scholars who watched it were red, and they wished to replace it, and their thoughts became more firm in their hearts.

Even dying in Goguryeo is much better than being a down-and-out scholar forever, at least I have had a good time.

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