I slay demons and demons with poetry

Chapter 426

At night, the Yangxin Pavilion in the imperial city was brightly lit. Li Ao was sitting on the main seat at the moment, holding a large answer sheet in his hand, and read it carefully.

And in this Mental Cultivation Pavilion, there are also many officials in red robes sitting stiffly at this moment, with many papers placed in front of them.

Feng Xiang and Tan Xiang were also among them, and they were having a detailed conversation with several elders of the Ministry of Rites at the moment.

Even so, the eyes of all the officials still involuntarily looked at Li Ao.

After the palace examination yesterday, many officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Tribute Court were summoned. After a day of judging the papers, they have not completed the review until now.

Li Ao just arrived, and after taking his seat, he took out a paper from his arms and looked at it.

Everyone knew that that paper was Song Mu's.

How miraculous that paper is, the officials in the field don't know yet, but at this moment, no one dares to check the content of the policy paper.

Sitting on the main seat, Li Ao frowned occasionally, as if he saw something that surprised him, but after a while, his brows relaxed again, and he even nodded unconsciously.

Li Ao's actions also caused the hearts of all the officials to be scratched at this moment, and they were also eager to know what was written on the paper.

After a while, Li Ao reluctantly put down the paper in his hand, and then took a deep breath. Everyone raised their eyes and cast their gazes at Li Ao.

Li Ao also looked at everyone in the field and asked calmly.

"My loves, how's the verdict going?"

Immediately, an official from the Ministry of Rites got up and presented a booklet, which contained the list of the judgment papers of the palace examination, which had been reviewed by the elders and prime ministers.

It's just that the top ten in the palace examination are now written side by side, not in order, and Song Mu's name is among them.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 130 and seven tribute Jinshi and ranks in this palace examination, and the ranking of the new Jinshi has also been completed, but the top ten still need to be determined by Your Majesty."

The official said in a deep voice, Li Ao nodded and took it with vigor, and carefully read the nine papers presented, but after a while, Li Ao sighed.

"These papers seem so boring now."

Li Ao just felt a little sigh. After reading the answer papers written by Song Mu, when he looked at these papers again, he felt that they were so unsightly. His mind was full of the content of policies written by Song Mu.

Shipping?Sea power?Can what Song Mu said really get Wen Chao out of the predicament?

The surge of luck may have proved this, but will everything really be like that?
Li Ao was thinking about it for a while, but forgot to make a decision on the roster in his hand.

After regaining his senses, Li Ao lost his interest, and just glanced at the crowd, and said in a deep voice.

"My dear friends, if I choose Song Mu as the number one scholar, how about it?"

Hearing these words, all the officials in the field had different expressions at the moment. Some expressed their approval, while some thought for a while, and some even sighed slightly.

At that moment, Xiang Xiang took a step forward, and said to Li Ao calmly.

"What Your Majesty said is certainly something to think about, but we haven't read Song Huiyuan's volume, so..."

Li Ao frowned slightly at the moment, but said with a firm expression no matter what.

"Watching the ceremony at the palace that day, all the lovers saw Song Mu's article attracting the stars, and the vision soared to the sky. I think you all know what this article is like."

"As for the content above this volume..."

Li Ao paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice.

"When the time is right, I will tell you about it again."

Everyone was surprised when they heard it. Their objection to whether Song Mu became the number one scholar was actually on top of this content, but after hearing what Li Ao said this time, they didn't want him and others to see the content. .

But in this way, Song Mu should be selected as the number one scholar?

They were curious about what was in it, and felt that such a decision might be inappropriate.

Feng Xiangsi thought about it for a while and was about to speak, but Tan Xiang beside him spoke.

"Your Majesty has naturally thought about it. We have also seen the power of Song Huiyuan's article, and we have no objection to this."

Tan Xiang actually concluded the coffin like this, the adults around were all surprised, but at this moment Tan Xiang said again.

"But Your Majesty, the frontier troops from the western border and the eastern border have military reports today, saying that there was turmoil in the demon kingdom on the day of the palace examination. I speculate that it may be related to this article."

Li Ao nodded. Today, he was dealing with such matters during the day, and he was sure that this was the trouble caused by Song Mu's touch of luck.

It's just that the two demon kingdoms are not as angry as before, and the weather is calm, which makes Li Ao very worried.

Seeing Li Ao's calm expression, Tan Xiang immediately added.

"That's why I believe that Song Huiyuan is a rare literati in our Wen Dynasty, but he wants to treasure the jasper. Don't add to the flames and be too outstanding, so please think twice, Your Majesty."

Li Ao was relieved at first, but when he heard Tan Xiang say this, he frowned slightly at this moment, but felt that there were two points of truth, and Tan Xiang also said immediately.

"Therefore, I believe that Song Huiyuan may be selected as the top three in the imperial examination. Song Huiyuan is handsome and elegant, and it is undisputed that he wants to be a candidate."

But everyone didn't object at the moment, only Feng Xiang thought for a moment when he heard the words. Although Li Ao wanted to move, he also noticed Feng Qi's expression, and said immediately.

"I see that Feng Xiang is different? I don't know how to feel?"

Feng Xiang raised his head, just glanced at Li Ao, and said slightly.

"The minister thinks that a gentleman is not a weapon."

After the words fell, Prime Minister Tan looked at him with a narrowed expression, while Li Ao frowned at the moment, and stopped talking, but carefully finished the answer sheet of Song Mu in front of him and put it in his sleeve.

There was silence in the field, and everyone was a little nervous.

"Let me think about this matter again, and I'll tell all my loves before the list is released tomorrow."

When Li Ao said this, it seemed that he had brought up the topic in one sentence, and now his eyes turned, and when he saw everyone, he said softly.

"However, when the list is released tomorrow, you all have to help me with another matter."

A group of officials looked up and looked at Li Ao with puzzled faces.

"After the announcement of the palace examination, the Shi Zong's talent selection ceremony will be here. This Song Mu must not go to the Shi Zong."

With that said, Li Ao stood up and looked at everyone with deep eyes.

"Especially Tao Shizong."

When everyone heard these words, their eyes lowered slightly at this moment, and they immediately bowed their hands in response.

In the palace examination of the Wen Dynasty, hundreds of Jinshi and Jinshi were often produced. It was difficult for the imperial court to absorb these talents for a while, so the Shizong would select some talents, which could be regarded as enriching his sect inheritance.

This also became the system that the imperial examinations of the Wen Dynasty acquiesced to.

Seeing that they couldn't continue talking now, everyone was about to leave, but they heard Li Ao say suddenly.

"Since all the love ministers are here today, I want to ask you one thing."

Having said that, Li Ao raised his head and glanced at the people in front of him, and asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know about you dear ministers, but do you know about the salt people of the Wen Dynasty?"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay, then Feng Qi stepped forward again, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty is talking about the people in the coastal area of ​​our Wen Dynasty who cook salt for a living?"

Li Ao nodded, seemed to be more interested at the moment, and asked Feng Qi immediately.

"Feng Xiang, do you know how these salt people live?"

Feng Qi looked up at Li Ao and said in a deep voice.

"Weichen's hometown is also by the sea, so he knows something about this matter. The so-called salt people are the people who sell salt by boiling sea water."

"Following the old system, salt and iron are monopolized. All the salt people produce are collected by the government and are not allowed to sell privately. Therefore, the exploitation is very heavy. There is also a folk saying that there is no grain of rice in the salt in the jar. It is really... miserable."

"Furthermore, the salt people have no land and no crops, so they often have no clothes to cover their bodies. No matter in a bad year or a good year, they will always have hardships."

"There are such things, why do I never know about them?"

Li Ao suddenly looked surprised, even a little stern, feeling that it was his fault, and Feng Xiang was also silent for a moment, and said slowly.

"Such matters have been discussed in the DPRK, and the Ministry of Household Affairs also has good management, but now the world is uncertain, and His Majesty is troubled by the troubles of the four directions..."

Li Ao patted the railing immediately, but at this moment his eyebrows were raised coldly.

"Absurd, although the war in the four directions is not over, it will not be possible to extract food from the mouths of the salt people!"

"If it weren't for what I saw in today's article, I would have neglected to see many people suffer for the rest of their lives!"

Everyone raised their heads, and they all looked surprised at the moment, thinking that the articles they saw didn't seem to have any examples about the salt people.

Could it be that the question written by Song Mu is related to the salt people?

That article, what is said, is the suffering of the people's livelihood?

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