Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 175 Exploring the Flower
"Congratulations, sir!" Jia Qiang was talking with Lin Daiyu in the morning, when Feicui ran in excitedly and said as he ran.

It is rare for Jade to be so rude. She is currently in charge of the large family of Jiahou Mansion, and she only shows her restraint as a maid in front of Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu. In front of others, she is the chief housekeeper of Jiahou Mansion. .

"Any congratulations?" Jia Qiang asked with a smile.

"Master, today is the day when the results are released, haven't you forgotten?" Jade stared at Jia Qiang's face and asked with some uncertainty.

Only then did Jia Qiang remember that today was not the day for the test results.

He has been focusing on the mobilization of his two hundred warriors recently, and he almost forgot the time for releasing the results.

But it doesn't matter if he forgot the time to release the list, the entire Jiahou Mansion is paying attention.

Early this morning, several boys were sent to wait at the list release office in Gongyuan.

"Master, you won the 10th place in the test!" Jade didn't want to make her master look bad, so she told the results of the results.

"Brother Qiang, you are so awesome!" Lin Daiyu praised happily.

Emperor Jingwen looked at the students below with a smile. He looked at Jia Qiang emphatically, but did not express anything.

It can be said that many talented people have conducted research on this topic from ancient times to the present, and it is not easy to obtain new ideas.

But now that Jia Qiang is in the mansion, she hopes that this kind of reward will be ordered by Jia Qiang personally, so that the servants in the mansion will be grateful to Jia Qiang.

Two days later, Jia Qiang wore a Confucian robe and entered the palace, but this time she went to the Jinluan Palace to take part in the palace examination.

"Prairie policy theory!"

Jia Qiang couldn't help laughing loudly. If Lin Ruhai heard these words, she would probably punish her disciple.

"Then I'll give you one more monthly payment!" Jia Qiang replied nonchalantly.

It is conceivable that as long as he does well in the examination and has the intervention of the Supreme Emperor, there will be no problem in entering the palace examination.

The reason why he was not as excited as he should have been about finishing tenth in the general examination was because he had probably guessed the result.

In the past, Emperor Wen of Xing Dynasty valued Jia Qiang's loyalty, bravery, as well as some cleverness and ability to do practical things.

Although Jia Qiang was a good scholar, she was only good in the eyes of Emperor Jingwen.

Emperor Jingwen nodded to Xia Shouzhong, who took out a scroll and slowly opened it.

"Sir, it's such a great event to be ranked tenth in the competition, do you want everyone in the house to celebrate it together?" Jade reminded.

As the Supreme Emperor grew older, Emperor Jingwen gained more and more power.

He still attached great importance to this palace examination.

Jia Qiang just selected a few methods that are highly practical and easy to operate.

He checked his pen and ink, and they were all in the best condition. He was just waiting for Emperor Jingwen to announce the test questions.

He walked to Jia Qiang and found that Jia Qiang had already answered the policy.

"Jade, I have to take part in the palace examination next, please prepare me according to the rules!" Jia Qiang waved her hand and ordered.

Recently, the Tatars are fighting Daqian in the town of Datong. Emperor Jingwen's title "Prairie Policy Theory" is in line with the current political situation.

"Thank you, sir!" Jade bowed and bowed before retreating.

Which civil servant can gain a foothold in the Daqian court is not a person who is good at reading.

After a long time, he put down the strategy. If he were not in the palace examination right now, he would have grabbed Jia Qiang to discuss it.

Soon the cheers of the boys and maids could be heard from all over the house. They got a lot of rewards just for working in Jiahou's house.

"Daddy doesn't know martial arts, but brother Qiang is even more powerful than daddy!" Lin Daiyu shook her head and said.

Coupled with Jia Qiang's age, Emperor Jingwen did not expect Jia Qiang to have any profound insights.

While other candidates were still thinking, Jia Qiang's pen had already fallen on the paper.

But after seeing Jia Qiang's strategy, his face became more and more serious, sometimes frowning, sometimes surprised, and sometimes confused.

Originally, Jade Cui could handle this matter by herself. She was the housekeeper of Jiahou Mansion, and Jia Qiang gave her great authority.

The ministers who came to him were far inferior to the ministers he trained, so every palace examination was an important opportunity for him to select talents.

But after reading Jia Qiang's policies, he discovered that Jia Qiang also had extremely strong political abilities and was a real talent.

But in Jia Qiang's previous life, there were countless netizens on the Internet who came up with various solutions to the grassland peoples.

In the Jinluan Palace, there were a total of thirty-six people taking part in the palace examination this time.

"Sister Lin, I'm afraid you've forgotten that your dad is the top pick!" Jia Qiang was not very excited about winning the tenth place, he said to Lin Daiyu.

Emperor Jingwen was walking among the candidates. The candidates with better psychological quality were fine, but some candidates with poor psychological quality could not even think when he passed by.

Emperor Jingwen picked up Jia Qiang's policy and read it. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it.

In today's world, the exchange of "prairie policy" is at most a few friends sitting together, each expressing his or her own opinions, and then commenting on each other.

In front of Jia Qiang was a table. There were thirty-six such tables in the hall, one for each student.

When he met with the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor told him that he could take the palace examination, but that was just after he had finished the exam and the test papers had not yet been delivered to the palace.

It took half an hour to write an article without any modifications.

The question was very simple and did not surprise Jia Qiang.

Emperor Jingwen's special attention to Jia Qiang distracted some candidates and affected their answers.

However, candidates who can be affected by foreign objects will not have any achievements. Arranging the examination room in the Jinluan Hall is not a test for the candidates.

Even if Jia Qiang passed the exam, he still had to wait.

The candidates answered the questions on an empty stomach until the afternoon, when the examination papers were taken away by Emperor Jingwen.

Jia Qiang was about to leave with all the candidates, but was signaled by Xia Shouzhong. He deliberately walked at the end and finally stayed in the hall.

"Mr. Xia, you can't harm me. This is a palace examination. It's not good if someone thinks you cheated!" Jia Qiang shook her head when she saw Xia Shouzhong coming over.

"Jia Hou is joking, the master is asking you to go to the Daming Palace right now!" Xia Shouzhong replied with a smile.

Jia Qiang shook her head helplessly. If someone really found out that he was still left in the palace after taking the palace exam, he would be criticized even if he got any good results in the exam. He took the exam in order to increase his qualifications. Only with the results of the exam could he integrate into the civil service system.

If the civil servants really think that his exams are impressive, it will be even harder for him to integrate into them in the future.

But he could not refuse Emperor Jingwen's holy order and could only go to Daming Palace.

In the main hall of the Daming Palace, only the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Jingwen, and the eunuch Dai Quan were present.

The great eunuch Dai Quanzheng sent each test paper to the Supreme Emperor, who presented it to him for review.

Emperor Jingwen sat aside, holding the test paper and looking at it.

"Xia Enhou is here, find him a stool!" The Supreme Emperor looked up and saw Jia Qiang, and ordered with a smile.

Dai Quan personally went to the side to get a stool and placed it next to the Supreme Emperor. It happened to be one to the left and one to the right of Emperor Jingwen. It looked weird no matter how you looked at it.

Jia Qiang thanked En and sat down. With his sharp eyes, he saw at a glance that the test paper in the hands of the Supreme Emperor was his own.

"Divide and divide, win over some groups and suppress others. This suggestion has been mentioned before. It is not new, but this economic strategy is unprecedented. It is really eye-opening! And this culture Invasion, I really don’t know how you came up with it in your mind!” The Supreme Emperor said with surprise in his eyes.

"I believe that the reason why the grassland tribes are difficult to restrain is precisely because they have no fixed residence. If they can settle down and stop wandering around, it will be much easier to deal with them.

This can be done through trade, such as trading grain and grassland for wool. When the wool trade can easily feed them, they will no longer slaughter sheep easily, but will raise the sheep in pens, so that they can pick wool two or three times a year, and the sheep It has become an important tool for making money for prairie people.

The technology of raising sheep is passed on to herdsmen, so that the sheep in the sheep sheds can produce better wool. The wool can be exchanged for food. The herdsmen can survive without having to work nomadically. These allow them to settle down.

Spread the culture of Daqian to the prairie nobles and corrupt the prairie nobles with gorgeous luxury goods. Why should we brave the wind and snow to fight when we can obtain luxury goods through transactions and bribes?

In the mutual market, only Jiaozi is allowed for large transactions, and gold and silver are not allowed. Gold and silver must be exchanged for Jiaozi before they can be used, and gradually control the economy of the grassland! "Jia Qiang explained the points in the policy theory.

"This policy of yours cannot be mentioned to the outside world!" Emperor Jingwen said at this time.

Jia Qiang understood that some of the methods in this policy were likely to be spotted by the two emperors and were ready to be implemented, so as to prevent the policy from leaking out and put precautions on the other side of the grassland.

"How are the results of the palace examination calculated?" Jia Qiang asked worriedly.

Under normal circumstances, after the palace examination is over, the test papers will be made public.

Some booksellers would even collect the imperial examination papers into volumes and disseminate them to Daqian literati.

Without the test papers for the palace examination, Jia Qiang was worried about whether her grades would still be good, and even more worried about whether she would be accepted by the civil service system.

"You, you are already a first-class military attache, and you are still thinking about your civil service position. This policy statement will be discussed by the important ministers in the court, and they will speak at that time. Some policies and policies involving the secrets of the Daqian State are not disclosed to the public. The precedent will not affect you!" The Supreme Emperor pointed at Jia Qiang and smiled.

"Father, how do you rank him?" Emperor Jingwen asked the Supreme Emperor at this time.

Jia Qiang was startled. He did not expect that the results of the palace examination could be released on the spot.

However, he soon realized that the two men in front of him were the Supreme Emperor and the current emperor. The struggle between these two men was actually to concentrate the imperial power in their hands.

Almost everything about Da Gan was decided by the two of them.

"Lin Ruhai was the most popular girl back then, so she gave Jiahou the third most beautiful girl. This also fulfilled their master and apprentice!" The Supreme Emperor said with a smile.

"Okay, it is indeed a good story!" Emperor Jingwen clapped his hands and praised.

When Jia Qiang heard this, she was overjoyed. He was not thinking about becoming the number one scholar.

"Jia Hou, don't even think about becoming the number one scholar. Are you really going to be a compilator for the Hanlin Academy? Even giving you the top prize is a waste!" Emperor Jingwen saw that Jia Qiang didn't say anything, thinking that he was not satisfied, so he was upset. said.

Indeed, today's Jia Qiang's title has reached the level of a super-grade marquis, and his official position has achieved the level of a first-grade governor of nine provinces.

He just got the number one scholar. Historically, the number one scholar would be given to officials who studied in the Sixth Rank Imperial Academy, and asked the first-rank nine-provincial governor to compile the manuscript in the Sixth Rank Imperial Academy. It was a joke to him and a waste to Da Qian.

"Just look at the flowers, thank you Lord for your kindness!" Jia Qiang reacted at this time and hurriedly gave a big gift to thank you.

"Okay, you have nothing to do here!" Emperor Jingwen waved his hand and said.

"Jia Hou, after you finish the exam, you go to patrol the border. Go to Datong Town first, and keep an eye on it for me. Don't let anything happen there!" the Supreme Emperor followed.

"Well, should I stay in Beijing and wait for the emperor's ranking to come out?" Jia Qiang was about to leave, but couldn't help but ask.

"I've told you that you are the top pick, why are you waiting for the imperial ranking? Do you really want to be a seventh-rank editor at the Hanlin Academy?" the Supreme Emperor said with a glare.

When Tanhua entered the court as an official, she was the editor of the seventh-rank Hanlin Academy. The Supreme Emperor did not want Jia Qiang to sit in this position.

He knew how powerful Jia Qiang was, and there was a war going on in Datong Town. Having Jia Qiang there made him feel more at ease.

"You go to patrol the border first, and if any civil servants give it to you, you have to wait until you come back from patrol!" Emperor Jingwen explained with a smile.

Only then did Jia Qiang realize that the job of patrolling the border was very time-consuming. If he were given a civil servant, he wouldn't have time.

Jia Qiang bowed and exited the Daming Palace, feeling unreal in his heart.

He is probably the only candidate who can discuss the results of the imperial examination with the emperor. If he is successful enough, he can give an explanation to his teacher Lin Ruhai.

Xia Shouzhong looked at what was happening in front of him, and it could be said that his heart was in turmoil.

The favor shown by the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Jingwen exceeded his imagination.

Only Dai Quan knew something about it. Emperor Jingwen wanted to keep Jia Qiang, for fear of being lured away by the Supreme Emperor. However, the Supreme Emperor did so because of Jia Qiang's Tian family bloodline. In terms of blood, Jia Qiang was the grandson of the Supreme Emperor.

Jia Qiang's martial prowess allowed the Supreme Emperor to see martial arts talents that the entire royal family did not have. How could the Supreme Emperor not like it.

Of course, there is also the guilt of the Supreme Emperor for Jia Qiang's father. The Supreme Emperor is getting older and has more concerns about the past in his heart, so he has a deeper affection for Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang returned to Jiahou Mansion, where Jia Min and Lin Daiyu were waiting for him.

"How is the imperial examination going? Why are you not returning home until now?" Jia Min asked with concern.

"Thank you, Master, for your concern. After the imperial examination, I was retained by the palace!" Jia Qiang replied.

"Brother Qiang, can you win the first prize?" Lin Daiyu asked next, her eyes full of expectation.

"Sister Lin, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. It's impossible to be the number one pick, but I'm still somewhat sure of being the top pick!" Although Jia Qiang couldn't bear Lin Daiyu's disappointment, she still replied.

"Have you decided to be the most beautiful girl?" Although Jia Min didn't believe it, she was so smart that she heard the meaning of Jia Qiang's words and asked her to confirm.

"The Supreme Emperor and His Majesty asked me to leave Beijing immediately to patrol the border, and informed me of the results of the imperial examination in advance!" Jia Qiang looked around and said softly when there was no one else around.

(End of this chapter)