Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 170 Come on, go hire a painter!

Xiao Cheng stretched slightly, put down the memorial that had been reviewed in his hands, and whispered to Feng Bao beside him:

"What time is it?"

Feng Bao bowed and whispered:
"Return to Your Majesty, it's already time."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng nodded slightly.

In less than an hour, this palace test will be over!

On this day, Xiao Cheng moved all the memorials to the Palace of Preserving Harmony for review, and accompanied the candidates for the palace examination the whole time, eating and drinking together, without the slightest bit of impatience.It can be said that the emphasis on imperial examination candidates is undoubtedly revealed.

Because of this palace examination, the system of leaving after handing in the paper is adopted.In the Palace of Preserving Harmony at this time, most of the candidates had already handed in their papers and left, and only a few candidates were still sitting in the hall, sweating profusely while writing.

Xiao Cheng looked at the slightly flustered examinees, frowned slightly, motioned Feng Bao to come forward again, and ordered softly:

"The next imperial examination, all candidates must arrive at the time before they can hand in their papers and leave!"

This time I didn't think carefully. You must know that some people have unstable mentality and are easily affected by the surrounding environment.With all the candidates around him leaving, he must become more flustered and affect his performance.

Feng Bao nodded immediately when he heard the words, indicating that he had made a note of it!
Xiao Cheng looked at it for a while, as if he still couldn't leave, his heart suddenly moved, and he said:
"Go and get the answer sheet from General Hai Rui and Yan Song!"

Regarding the two names that had never been heard of popping out of Xiao Cheng's mouth, Feng Bao said that he was not surprised.

Feng Bao is very aware that His Majesty has an intelligence agency that specializes in providing recruitable talents.Cheng Bushi, Wen Tiren, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Di Qing, these important figures in the civil and military affairs of the court today, were all found by the people of Dongchang after Xiao Cheng ordered them.

In fact, there are some things that I can't figure out. For example, why didn't the intelligence agency invite people directly... But Feng Bao is very good at restraining his curiosity, and never asks too much.

Not long after, two test papers were delivered to Xiao Cheng.

Both Hai Rui and Yan Song are candidates for the Talent Section this year.And this year's Palace Examination's scholar subjects are actually the most concise and to the point.

Just six words, "How to make the country rich and strong".With this in mind, make a policy statement.

Xiao Cheng picked up an article casually, and there was only one line of writing in his eyes.

"The sage king of the ancient times wanted to order the world, show the future life, and increase the height and wealth. It should not be based on admiration for propriety, but should be respected and used by sages. If this is the case in words and deeds, he can be called a sage king..."

Xiao Cheng pondered carefully, couldn't help laughing, and shook his head slightly.

The beginning of this article is to flatter myself, so naturally needless to say, it must be Yan Song's question paper!

In fact, regardless of character, there is no need to question Yan Song's talent and learning if he was able to get into the position of Chancellor and in charge of the Ming Dynasty for 20 years.Well, I just don't like to use it in a serious place.

This Yan Song's policy theory first broke the topic with "the need to employ talents", and then changed the subject to talk about the way of employing people, and then flattered Xiao Cheng either openly or secretly.

The whole article is full of eloquence, beautiful words, written in a beautiful way, with substance in the words.Coupled with his superb flattering skills, it really made Xiao Cheng feel secretly refreshed when he read it.

Xiao Cheng put down the examination paper in his hand, smiled lightly and said to himself:
"interesting……"

When Feng Bao heard this, his eyes moved immediately, and he remembered it in his heart.

Xiao Cheng picked up Hai Rui's answer sheet again and took a closer look, but there was an inexplicable look on his face.

I don't know if it's because Xiao Cheng pioneered the imperial examination. The central point of the two's strategy is that if you want to make the country prosperous and strong, you need the king to make good use of talents.

Compared to Yan Song's flamboyant rhetoric, Hai Rui's side seemed a little more straightforward.

"In the affairs of the world, it is more important to have a plan than to have a law, but especially to have a person..."

In fact, this was not serious, it was a very veiled flattery to Xiao Cheng.

The corner of Xiao Cheng's mouth curled up, and at this moment, he secretly felt that it was more enjoyable than just reading the policy theory written by Yan Song.

It's normal for Yan Song to flatter, but when have you ever seen him like this?
But when Xiao Cheng looked down two more lines, he suddenly frowned.

At the beginning of Hai Rui's policy theory, it is stated that obtaining talents is more important than the law.Then, without writing two lines, he changed the subject and directly pointed out what he really wanted to express.

Acquiring talents is ultimately to implement the laws of the country. Only when the enacted laws are implemented can the country become prosperous and strong.Severely punish sinners, and the rest will not dare to commit crimes.

Good guy, co-author, you just made this dumpling just to pour out this bit of vinegar?
Typical Confucianism!

Xiao Cheng put down the paper in his hand again, subconsciously shook his head slightly, and ordered softly:

"It's not good to be too sharp! Take Yan Song as the leader and Hai Rui as the second!"

When it comes to the rhetoric of the article, Yan Song is naturally the leader.But if there is something to be said, Hai Rui is much better than Yan Song.

It's just that in this world, both Confucianism and Legalism are still there.Hai Rui's tendency to talk is typically not very good on both sides, and it's really not good to put him in a prominent place.

Feng Bao moved his eyes slightly, leaned over and said:
"Yes, the servant has recorded it!"

"Send these two test papers back, and by the way, get the one called Shi Chengwen." Xiao Cheng said softly.

At this time, Xiao Cheng had seen his attributes on the golden finger panel before.Although he doesn't have the mark of a famous official, he is still an outstanding person in this world. He has more than 80 attributes in both civil and military subjects, and he is already a worthy talent!
Hearing this, Feng Bao trotted forward immediately.But after waiting for a while, he ran back empty-handed, and explained softly to Xiao Cheng:
"Your Majesty, the document is still under scientific examination at this time."

After finishing speaking, Feng Bao quietly pointed to an examinee in the hall.

Just as Xiao Cheng was checking the test papers of Hai Rui and the others, several examinees in the palace handed in their papers, bowed to Xiao Cheng and left the palace.At this time, only Shi Chengwen was left in the entire Palace of Preserving Harmony, and he was still sitting there, frowning in thought.From time to time, he lowered his head, widened his eyes, and then wrote and drew on the paper with a faint light.

Xiao Cheng frowned and said:
"What subject did he take?"

Feng Bao had been prepared for a long time, and when he heard Xiao Cheng's question, he quickly replied:
"Return to Your Majesty, Shi Chengwen is taking the military examination."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng didn't wrinkle any deeper, and said:
"Bingke? As I remember, the topic is to use the former grand master Wang Xiao to win the battle of Bagan in the south and deduce it. Such a topic shouldn't make him difficult!"

At this time, it was getting dark outside, and more than five hours had passed since the start of the palace examination.Such a long period of time, with the attributes of time written, and this kind of topic, it is not impossible to hand in the paper until now!
Xiao Cheng pondered for a moment, then looked at the gradually darkened Palace of Preserving Harmony, and said in a deep voice:
"Has it ever reached the end time?"

"It's still half an hour away!"

Xiao Cheng nodded, and ordered softly:

"Go get the candlesticks!"

"Yes!" Immediately, a young eunuch turned around quickly and brought back a pair of candlesticks.

Feng Bao lit the candlestick, and held it up to Xiao Cheng's eyes graciously.

Xiao Cheng took the candlestick from Feng Bao's hand, quickly walked down the steps, and came straight to Shi Chengwen.

Seeing that Shi Cheng's writing desk was full of scattered manuscript papers and military formation diagrams, and there was really nowhere to put things, Xiao Cheng simply held a candlestick in front of Shi Chengwen to illuminate it.

At this time, Shi Chengwen was completely immersed in the battle deduction in his mind, and did not perceive the changes in the outside world at all.Just because of the candlelight, his sight became clear and he slightly stretched his brows, continuing to scribble something on the manuscript paper.

The palace attendant who was serving at the side was startled, and quickly stepped forward, eager to take the candlestick from Xiao Cheng's hand.

However, Xiao Cheng found that their movements were too big, he waved his hands to the palace attendants who surrounded him, signaling them to back down.

The eunuchs around him froze for a moment, and looked at Xiao Cheng with some helplessness.

Seeing this, Feng Bao pondered for a moment, nodded slightly to the eunuchs, and signaled them to back down.

Then he summoned the clever little eunuch beside him, and said in a low voice:
"Quick, go find the painter in the palace!"

Such a touching picture of the king's love for the virtuous and the talent should not be painted by others, so that outsiders can feel His Majesty's generosity?

Although the little eunuch didn't understand the reason, he didn't ask any more questions and ran to find the palace painter.

At this time, Shi Chengwen, who was scribbling on the manuscript paper, suddenly stopped, and his brows were tightly frowned.

In his mind, at this time, countless elite soldiers came screaming and fighting, harassing the territory everywhere.Under his command, the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers with insufficient drills and incomplete armour, rescued everywhere and tried their best to maintain the situation.

But no matter how hard he tried, under the opponent's strict layout and continuous strong offensive, he was powerless after all.

Shi Chengwen let out a long sigh and threw away the pen in his hand.

Uncle Wang's layout is strict, and he is overwhelmed by the absolute national power of the Yun Kingdom. He conducts the deduction as the Bagan Kingdom. No matter what method is used, it is difficult to avoid the end of destruction!

Shi Chengwen Touzi conceded defeat, gave up the entanglement in his heart, and when his attention gradually returned to his surroundings, he was suddenly taken aback.

Beside him was a young man in scarlet uniform, standing in front of him, holding a candlestick in his hand, illuminating the light for himself.

Shi Chengwen seemed to feel that he was really dreaming, so he couldn't help but blinked and said in surprise:
"His Majesty the Emperor..."

Xiao Cheng looked at Shi Chengwen, nodded slightly, and said:

"There are still three quarters of an hour!"

Only then did Shi Chengwen realize that he was still in the Palace of Preserving Harmony and had not handed in his palace examination answer sheet.

He stood up in a panic, and hurriedly turned out the question paper that he had made a long time ago among a pile of manuscript papers, held it in front of Xiao Cheng with both hands, and said in a trembling voice:

"Grassman is rude!"

Xiao Cheng took it casually, glanced at the question paper, and couldn't help laughing:
"It turns out that I have already done the questions, but it hurts me to wait so long!"

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Shi Chengwen bowed his head.

"What were you thinking just now?" Xiao Chengwen asked.

Shi Chengwen was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously replied:

"Caomin wants to stand on the side of Bagan and do some deduction!"

"What was the result?" Xiao Cheng asked with interest.

Shi Chengwen looked ashamed and said in a low voice:
"Although I can linger on, but after all, I can't resist the general trend!"

Xiao Cheng patted his shoulder and said with a smile:
"If you want, you can send your deduction. I want to have a look... Forget about today, the deduction battle is exhausting, go back and rest!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Cheng handed the test paper in his hand to the palace attendant at the side, and then he walked away slowly.

When Shi Chengwen looked at Xiao Cheng's leaving figure, and thought of the figure holding the candlestick for himself just now, his heart was suddenly touched, and an inexplicable emotion stirred in his chest.

　Have you ever watched the Yongzheng Dynasty? The story of Yongzheng ascending the throne to open Enke, and personally holding up a lantern for a supporting role in the palace test, really impressed me!

　　
　
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