wild trail

Chapter 321 Palace Exam
Seeing Wang Lang so angry, Lin Jianya couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"Your Majesty, I really hate those cannibal tribes too much. I almost died at their hands. I did something wrong in this matter. Please calm down."

Panting heavily, Wang Lang looked at Lin Jianya angrily and said, "You are a high-ranking official of the Xia Kingdom, and you should know what's outside this continent. Let's not talk about your arbitrarily authoritarian behavior. You treat your soldiers like this. If you are scattered, if those dinosaurs attack us in the future, how will you command your army? For so many years, although you and I are not born of the same mother, I treat you like a brother, and I still count on you to protect me Daxia. Now this It looks really disappointing to me.”

Lin Jianya felt extremely depressed when he heard the words. Looking at Wang Lang, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Wang Lang sighed, and said: "Think about it for yourself, I think you should calm down recently, go back and write a self-criticism, and write out your mistakes one by one. In addition, you will be fined for one year, not for now. Leading the army, just stay in Yancheng for this period of time, and it is forbidden to leave Yancheng."

The corners of Lin Jianya's mouth twitched. He didn't expect Wang Lang to punish him so severely, but he also knew in his heart that what he had done before was a bit too much. Under depression, he had to cup his hands and said: "Minister, obey the order !"

Wang Lang waved his hand to let him back down.

Lin Jianya sighed and exited the palace.

After leaving the palace, Lin Jianya walked on the dark street, suddenly feeling extremely lost. Although his residence in Yancheng was not far from the imperial city, he had no mood to go back at this moment.

"Chief soldier, where are we going!" one of the guards asked.

"Go get some drinks!" Lin Jianya said in a depressed mood.

When Lin Jianya arrived at Shiweitian, the students after the celebration surrounded each other and walked out of the restaurant singing "My Motherland". Looking at these energetic young people, he felt extremely strange.

Listening to the singing that was gradually going away, Lin Jianya couldn't help but fell into deep thought. For so many years, he followed Wang Lang and went through untold hardships to establish a great country on this land. Open up a new world, awaken the sleeping mountains, change the appearance of the river, and build this barren land into a paradise on earth.

Today, he is no longer the savage who didn't know anything back then, he has become a general with one man under one man and over ten thousand men, what a majesty he holds a heavy soldier in his hand.

For a long time, he has always thought that all this is logical, and subconsciously thinks that he can do all this without Wang Lang, but now looking at this group of happily shouting students, he knows that he is wrong. Without Wang Lang, all this would not be possible now. Thinking of the dinosaurs that Wang Lang kept mentioning, he couldn't help but shed a cold sweat. If Xia Guo did not exist, not only himself, but all human beings on this continent might be completely extinct.

Seeing Lin Jianya standing at the door, the guards couldn't help but ask, "General Soldier, it's time to eat."

Lin Jianya came back to his senses, looked at the restaurant illuminated by candlelight, shook his head and said, "Let's go! Let's go back."

The guards looked at each other in puzzlement, followed Lin Jianya full of doubts, and walked towards his residence.

Three days later, the students who passed the exam came to the imperial city early to wait.

As the city gate opened, an official from the Ministry of Rites came out and shouted loudly: "Xuan examinee enters the palace."

After being searched by the guards, the candidates nervously followed the officials from the Ministry of Rites into the imperial city.

The imperial palace occupies a small area, and there are no magnificent buildings inside. There are only a few red brick and green tile houses distributed in a certain pattern during the period.

The road leading to each house is paved with flat stone slabs, and some fruit trees are planted in the open space. The unique arrangement looks pleasing to the eye.

Seeing the serious-looking soldiers lined up on both sides of the road, the candidates did not dare to walk around casually, but obediently followed the officials and walked towards the largest house.

Before coming to the steps, the officials asked the examinees to wait here, and stepped on the steps into the palace by themselves.

"Your Majesty, the examinees have arrived." The official said respectfully.

Wang Lang nodded and said, "Let them in!"

"As ordered!"

Seeing the officials coming out, the anxious candidates subconsciously tidied up their clothes.

"Your Majesty has a decree to announce that the candidates will enter the palace."

Candidates lined up into the spacious palace and looked at the middle-aged man sitting at the top. Candidates immediately guessed that this was His Majesty the emperor who was like a god in Xia Kingdom.

Hastily bowed and said: "Students pay homage to Your Majesty."

Wang Lang smiled and said, "Students are at peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Lang looked at the hundred young examinees and said, "Today is the last time for this exam. The test papers are already placed on these tables. Let's start!"

After hearing this, the candidates sat down in an orderly manner.

Opening the examination paper, I saw that it said, how should Xia Guo develop in the future so that the people of the country can live happily.

Candidates looked at this inexplicable topic, and they were all at a loss. Many of them picked up their pens and couldn't write a word for a long time.

"Your Majesty, isn't this topic too difficult?" Wu Yun said in a low voice.

Wang Lang said with a smile: "The topic is a bit difficult for them, but this is the selection of officials. In addition to learning knowledge, they also need to have their own ideas. This topic is suitable."

Wu Yun looked at the question, nodded, and put the test paper aside.

As time passed, the students who racked their brains began to write down their ideas on scratch paper.

After more than two hours of torment, the exam time was over, and the candidates' test papers were collected, and they waited anxiously for the results. This time it was not about memorizing knowledge by rote, and no one had the confidence to answer perfectly.

Wang Lang reviewed these test papers himself, and shook his head when he saw those rather childish remarks.

However, there were still a few test papers that aroused Wang Lang's interest. One of the candidates wrote a paper dedicated to researching new technologies to enhance the strength of Xia Guo. It combined Xia Guo's development over the years and emphasized the role of technology, which was quite interesting. For his own opinion, Wang Lang looked at the signature, it was written by a candidate named Zhou Fengfeng, he nodded a little hungry, and wrote down the name.

More than an hour later, Wang Lang read all the test papers and gave the corresponding scores. In addition to determining their final rankings, this palace test will directly affect their future official positions. .

After the ranking came out, Zhou Fengyu, who was originally ranked No. 20 in the second class, directly rose to the height of No. 3 in the first class, while the original No. 3 dropped to No. 1 in the second class.

The rankings of No. [-] and No. [-] remain unchanged.

Different rankings correspond to different official positions. The sixty candidates from the top three will be assigned to manage the villages in the many villages of Xia Kingdom, and the last thirty candidates from the top two will be assigned to six subordinate institutions in the county. The first few in the second class are the county magistrates of more than a dozen counties in the Xia Kingdom.

Zheng Sen, the top three, was assigned to the Ministry of Rites and became an editor of the History Museum of the Ministry of Rites. Because of that article with a lot of insight into science and technology, Feng Yu was recruited by Wang Lang into the Construction Department of the Ministry of Industry, and his grade was from the fourth rank.

In order to encourage more people to respect knowledge, Wang Lang imitated the ancient habit of parading champions. After giving them official uniforms, he paraded along the most prosperous street in the city under the guard of soldiers.

The top three, with big red flowers, walked in the front with great excitement.

Crackling firecrackers sounded all the way, and the young officials with incomparable scenery enjoyed the envious eyes of the common people, and many young girls chose their favorite objects among these young people with affection.

After the parade, the examinees were brought to the Daxia Academy Palace, where Wang Lang invited civil and military officials to entertain these outstanding young heroes and congratulate them.

These newly promoted officials know that after this grand banquet is over, it is time for them to leave. There is a vast world waiting for them in the future, and they can show what they have learned in their hearts.

Three days later, Wang Lang received the self-criticism letter submitted by Lin Jianya, and he couldn't help but smiled with satisfaction. Although the handwriting was ugly and the sentences didn't make sense, Wang Lang saw the guy's repentance in it, which made him feel very relieved.

On October [-]th of the third year in the early days, the young officials bid farewell to their parents and friends, packed their bags and went to the place where they took office. Outside Yancheng, there were farewell people everywhere. Longing and friends' blessings resolutely headed for the distance.

In the palace, Wang Lang looked at Wang He who was fidgeting, and said with a smile, "Why, do you want to go out and see the excitement?"

Seen through by Wang Lang, Wang He couldn't help grinning.

"They have been here for several years, I hope they will not waste the knowledge they have learned in these years." Wang Lang said leisurely.

"Father, where do I rank this time? My name is not on the list." Wang He asked curiously.

Wang Lang said with a smile: "Your ranking is not bad. If you compare with these people, you should be able to enter the second class."

Hearing this, Wang He curled his lips and muttered, "You're actually only a second-class man."

"Little bastard, isn't Erjia still satisfied?" Wang Lang scolded with a smile.

"Father, since I have passed the exam, can I go to the army?" Wang He looked at Wang Lang expectantly.

Wang Lang nodded and said: "Okay, I will arrange you in Lin Shupi's army in a few days, you start as a soldier first, I will tell Shupi that I will not treat you differently, nor will you He will take care of you because of your young age, you have to be prepared for this."

Hearing this, Wang He patted his chest excitedly, and said, "Father, I will not let you down, just train, I will definitely be a general in the future."

Wang Lang smiled and said: "My son has such confidence, I am very pleased as a father, I hope that when people mention you in the future, the first thing that comes to mind is not my son Wang Lang, but the patron saint of the general of Daxia. Watching you behind you."

Wang He nodded solemnly, and said, "I will definitely not insult your reputation."

"Go get ready for the next few days and accompany your mother. You won't be as free as before in the army." Wang Lang said slowly.

While Wang Lang and his son were talking, at the same time, the two warships that had been sailing for more than half a year finally converged on the sea to the west of the mainland.

The voyage this time has extraordinary significance. It not only surveyed and mapped the outline of this continent, but also greatly improved Xia Guo's navigation ability.

Wu Gang got off the boat and saw the person coming, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Li Mu!"

"Brother Wu Gang!"

After the two of them were courteous, Wu Gang said: "You and I have finally met. It's been a year since we came out. If we didn't meet again, I thought this continent would have no end."

Li Mu smiled and said: "That's right, I didn't expect this continent to be so vast. After sailing for so long, I really feel extremely boring."

"Hey, this place is full of deserts, and there's not even a game. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a good time for you and me to have a good meal." Wu Gang sighed.

Hearing this, Li Mu asked in surprise, "Is the south also a desert?"

Wu Gang nodded and said, "Since sailing northward a month ago, there are deserts everywhere. Is it also in the north?" "

"Well, the situation in the north and the south is similar. There is nothing but the desert. For more than a month, I ate all these sea fish. I almost vomited. Many crew members also showed the symptoms His Majesty mentioned." Li Mu sighed. He took a breath.

"It's the same with me. Where there is a jungle, I can still collect some wild fruits to eat, but there is nothing here. We can only maintain by drinking fruit wine. If we don't return as soon as possible, the situation will be serious." Wu Gang worried Said.

"Since we have completed the task, how about going back together for a day's rest here? Brother Wu is going to be promoted after we go back. Congratulations to Mr. Li in advance." Li Mu said with a smile.

"Brother Li is not the same. As long as you bring the map back, His Majesty will reward us a lot. The hard work of this year is not in vain. After we go back, we should enjoy it. What's changed?" Wu Gang said slowly.

"Before I left, my wife had just left a son for me. I don't know if the little boy survived. I think he can talk after I go back! Brother Wu, I heard that you have a daughter, why don't you send your daughter to me?" How about betrotting my son to my daughter." Li Mu said with a smile.

Wu Gang smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, and said, "My daughter is only so young, what are you talking about now, who knows if they can grow up alive."

"Brother Wu said that's not the case. Although you and I are two generals now, there are only you and me in the Great Xia Navy. Marry your daughter to my son, so that we are also a family. You can also support each other in the army, so as not to be bullied by those guys in the army." Li Mu said slowly.

Hearing this, Wu Gang chuckled and said, "We'll talk about this matter when we go back, and we'll talk about it when we go back."

(End of this chapter)