Emperor Son Sang gl

Yanhe Palace in the imperial city.

This year's palace examination will be held in the Yanhe Palace where the court discusses matters early on weekdays.There are [-] civil and military students in the hall, all of whom are selected from the list of Jinshi selected by the ministers of the DPRK and China.Chang Ning came wearing a dragon robe and stepped on Wuyou, and sat down on the upper seat.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live—"

Chang Ning's starry eyes scanned the hall, and saw that the forty plans laid out in the hall were all in place.In such a situation, the student who yelled not to work for Changning must have been kicked out by his confidantes, right?Looking at the only two women in the hall, one civil and one military, there was originally another woman in Bunsheng, but unexpectedly when he was selected as a Jinshi, he was short of time and was not selected.

Changning also granted her the title of Jinshi, but she was not qualified to participate in the palace examination.

"no."

Chang Ning called out softly, and Lian Cheng on the side also shouted in satisfaction: "Mian—"

The students all bowed again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The time for the palace examination has arrived, and all living beings are seated according to their civil and military numbers.Sitting on the throne, Chang Ning took out a scroll from the box that the waiter had been waiting beside him.This is called drawing papers, and there are more than a dozen scrolls in this box, all of which are written on the palace examination questions, for the emperor to draw in the palace, and then make a proposition.It's just that when Chang Ning unfolded the scroll in his hand, he took a few glances, and his expression was a little dissatisfied.

Chang Ning rolled up the scroll again and put it back into the box.

"Your Majesty..." the little servant reminded.

"Don't worry." Chang Ning smiled lightly.

I saw that she took out the Langhao pen that she used in daily life from the sapphire pen holder, spread another piece of paper, and used it as a paperweight.Seeing this, the waiter hurriedly put down the things in his hands, and picked up the inkstone to grind ink for Changning.

After a while, Chang Ning finished writing the topic and put the Langhao pen back to its original place.

"According to this topic."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Jinshi in the temple couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

There are even individual students who actually have some relationship with the court ministers behind the scenes.The subjects for the emperor to draw papers were basically sorted out by the ministers, so the examiners knew the questions of the scrolls, and some people probably leaked the questions.Chang Ning is well aware of this matter, because he has seen this kind of communication before when he was a princess.

Presumably at that time, Zi Sang Yu also knew about it.It's just that the environment was full of officials, and Zi Sangyu didn't think that any candidate had outstanding ability, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

It's different now, after all Chang Ning has to find a way to keep these two women.

Moreover, this is the first time for the autumn test to be proposed by her. Just like Lu Jinzheng and Chai Ziquan's group, the first batch of Ding Jia has a great chance to become the emperor's confidantes.

"Proposition of the Palace Examination—" Lian Cheng took the paper handed over by the waiter, and read aloud: "Wen Sheng's topic: Centralization of women's power. Martial arts student's topic: Renewal of armaments." With a wink, he signaled that the timer could start. "The palace examination lasts for one hour, and I hope that you will be on time, and you will not wait when it is over."

After the order to start answering the paper, all the students rushed to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

Centralization of women's power, this question is to test Wen Sheng's attitude and method towards this situation.Of course, the test questions are in front of you, and there is no limit to praise or criticism; it’s just that the current emperor is a woman, and now the autumn test is open to women, so Wen Sheng must have an idea of ​​how to answer it;

Introducing new armaments, this question is to test the samurai's views on military art and his own new ideas.For so many years, except for the female general Xu Xiao who made some new formations, it seems that no one else in the army has adopted some brand new tactics and weapons.Chang Ning doesn't want to stay the same, what she wants is new, a brand new look can burst out with new vitality, and if one person can be caught with new ideas, then the court will come back to life.

While they were writing the examination papers, Chang Ning began to look through the household registration status of each of them.

In terms of geography, they can be found everywhere; in terms of family background, among the forty people, more than half are from good families, and more than half of the people with good family backgrounds are from wealthy families; looking at the relationship between officials and officials, there are about ten people out of forty people. They are related to officials and ministers by blood, there are sons of ministers, and there are also distant relatives who are not in the same family. The rest are innocent, and more than half are the poor children.

For this result, Chang Ning is still satisfied.

It is very difficult to eliminate the situation where officials and officials protect each other. Now that the two parties can be divided in half, it is already considered a very good effect.After all, the land of Dayan is so vast, she only has one pair of eyes and one heart, how far can she see?How deep can you feel?

"Wen Niaoyao."

Chang Ning couldn't help raising his eyebrows, looked at the household registration in his hand, and couldn't help but take a look at this person.

The only woman among Wen Sheng who won the exam is Wen Niaoyou.Chang Ning said silently in his heart, but couldn't help chuckling and being gentle, this name is really special enough. "People from Kyoto... Dongshi..." In the old days, Chang Ning often wandered around the city of Kyoto. If he thought about it this way, he could remember which family it was, the Wen family. The family background seemed to be good, not particularly rich.It seems that besides this Wen Niao, there is also Wen's eldest son.

It seems that she is a strange woman who is unwilling to be imprisoned by the family.

Chang Ning thought to himself.

But in fact, Wen Niao is a man of few words, and at home he is just a person who only cares about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.There is an elder brother in the family, so although the family loves Wen Niaoyou, they will not spoil her too much. As time goes by, she gradually develops an appearance of not wanting to talk to others according to her own personality.

The appearance is quite outstanding, but just when the family was planning to find a good family for her, this Miss Wen went to sign up for the exam by herself, and when her family found out that Wen Niaoyou had already passed the exam, the list of Jinshi was short. .

The family regretted it unceasingly, but they were relieved seeing how powerful their daughter who had been refusing to take care of other people's affairs for so many years.

"Let Niaoyou try it, anyway, it's a glorious thing." The old lady at home said so.So in this way, the elders and wives at home didn't stop her, so they had to let her go to the exam. During that time, many people heard that Wen Niaoliao had passed the exam, and the scene was very lively.

Fortunately, it is Kyoto, and everyone has no opinion on the new policy; if it is in those places that do not accept Changning's rule, this early bird-I don't know what will happen.

"The other one, Jian Qing."

Wusheng Jianqing, the reason why she was able to enter the test was all because of her skills.According to the military officers, this Jian Qing's knowledge of military art is not very good, but with bare hands or with weapons, he can knock down the first person in ten sparring partners.Chang Ningfu looked again at the thin woman in the hall who was frowning - this person can actually defeat ten training partners?

Chang Ning had heard from Hu Yabao that the sparring partners were all first-class players.

It's really unbelievable, and the sea can't be measured.

I was a little terrified.

"Back when Xu Xiao won the election, it was all because her formation was new enough and her tactics were amazing." Chang Ning muttered to himself while sitting on the throne, but the volume was very low, and no one else heard him. "Jane Qingkong has brute force now, if he doesn't perform well in tactics, how can he stay?"

Chang Ning re-read the comments left by the examiners during the general examination, and read them back and forth several times. Only then did Chang Ning see a favorable sentence:

"This student is very good at eighteen martial arts. He knows how to adapt and use them flexibly. Minister of the Ministry of War, Chai Ziquan."

Sure enough, it was my own person, this sentence really helped a lot.

Although the emperor is the person at the pinnacle of power, to a certain extent, the emperor also needs to coordinate the opinions of the ministers. For example, when Zi Sang Yu was the emperor, he knew that Zhao Gan was a devil, but he couldn't kill him.why?Because if Zi Sangyu insisted on killing Zhao Gan but could not produce any evidence, and there were many people behind this person who supported him, Zhao Gan's death might cause dissatisfaction among many people, and even resign several ministers in the court.

Therefore, the emperor needs a minister to speak out, even if there is only one, so that the emperor can make his own decisions better.

An hour passed quickly.

In the palace examination, there was no mention of the person who handed in the paper early, but Chang Ning noticed that the military student Jian Qing had been sitting in a daze in his seat until the moment before the paper was handed in, and then hurriedly wrote something.

The palace test is over.

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Chang Ning asked his subordinates to seal all the examination papers for today's Jinshi, and then painted them with fire wax and sent them to the imperial study room for reading tonight.On the way, Chang Ning returned to Yongtong Palace in a rare mood, and had dinner with Bai Qingping——then Chang Ning found something that was not quite right, that is...why are the maids' eyes so weird?

"It's because you said in the court that you like women, and the court ladies don't shy away from such things. Some people just want to get your attention and enjoy the glory..." Dang Bai Qingping said this with a little grievance At that time, Chang Ning couldn't help laughing, and he didn't catch his breath for a long time.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly wanted my attention?

Really, the world is big, full of wonders.

"Hey, look at you..." Bai Qingping saw her staggeringly laughing, and most of the depression in his heart dissipated. "How is the situation of the palace examination today? Is there anything particularly outstanding?"

"No." Chang Ning wiped a little tear from the corner of his eyes, and changed back to a serious look. "It's that martial artist, Jian Qing. I saw that she was very thin and weak, and she felt powerless. But, in her previous assessment, she was able to knock down the first partner. Playing with eighteen weapons..."

Bai Qingping didn't see it with his own eyes, so he couldn't empathize with it, so he could only marvel.

"It seems that I didn't write much content during the palace examination. I wrote something around the time of the hour. I guess it was just coping with it..." Chang Ning didn't expect Jian Qing to do something earth-shattering, as long as he could do it safely After passing the palace test, it can be solved slowly...

However, Jian Qing is indeed a person who does not play cards according to common sense.

When Changning sat in the imperial study and saw her paper, he didn't know what kind of emotion he should be in.

"It turned out to be a painting..."

Chang Ning couldn't help sighing, "Why is it that everyone else has written a full page of words, but this Jian Qing started to draw?"Before Chang Ning had time to look at the things she drew carefully, he only noticed the name Jian Qing wrote next to it: crooked and crooked, with different shades of strokes.Hey... Could it be that Jian Qing doesn't know many words?

It also seems possible.

"What is this..." Chang Ning hadn't gotten over the shock just now, but when she looked at Jian Qing's painting carefully, her mood changed again. "...a combination of dynamite, brimstone and pyrotechnics, something that can be fired like an arrow and fly..." is indeed a good idea.

Of course, there are no words on Jian Qing's painting, it's just Chang Ning's understanding of this painting.

Apart from Jian Qing's inability to write a few words, Jian Qing's painter... is actually pretty good.Chang Ning held the paper and read it a little bit engrossed. It seemed that he really saw the weapon she depicted being held in the hands of soldiers, and then with an order, thousands of arrows were fired, and the flames rushed into the sky...

It's quite powerful, but I don't know how to make good use of it?