Dao fruit.

"The Hu people want to attack aggressively?"

The eunuch's high-pitched voice still echoed in his ears, but Qiu Yan's heart had already begun to analyze the Han's meaning behind this question.

At this time, another attendant handed out examination papers to a table, which said the questions for this time.

Judging from the tone of voice, the question is naturally written by the emperor Li Kun. Qiu Yan read through the hundreds of words in an eloquent manner, and found two pieces of information from it——

One is that there is a war in northern Xinjiang, and the other is that the emperor intends to reform the military system!

The war in northern Xinjiang has not been widely circulated among the people, because of the constraints of communication methods and other factors, let alone border wars, even if it is a domestic policy change, ordinary people often don’t understand it, or they know it later. Li knew a little bit, that a lot of information was in the hands of the squires and clans.

However, among the scholar class, there are a lot of news about the war in northern Xinjiang, and there are many versions. Some say a big victory, some say that the army is lost, some say that the enemy is chasing the north, and some say that the land is cut for peace. .

Many of these news will affect the morale of the country, so the official did not express, or even vaguely prohibited, and can only be circulated in private.

Now, looking at the examination paper in front of me, reading the words on it, and explaining the situation in northern Xinjiang, I can be regarded as affirming the news, but according to the above statement, both sides have their own winners and losers, but after all, Darui mainly focuses on farming, so he suffers a little. , a lot of barren and unsuitable land for cultivation have been abandoned.

"Even if this news is not announced to the public, it is only made public to the candidates present. After the palace examination, the candidates will leave. The news will spread quickly, and it will have an impact on morale and the hearts of the people. It will even be used by those who are interested. From this point of view... ..."

Qiu Yan moved his eyes down, looking at the rest of the text, thoughtful.

"The emperor is very determined to reform the military system. This is to use the openness of the war in northern Xinjiang. To create public opinion, use this to build momentum, and finally force many interest groups to make compromises. It is tantamount to dancing on the tip of a knife. It is a bit courageous."

Thinking of this, Qiu Yan changed his mind and began to build up the emperor's temperament in his heart.

A person's characteristics can often be summed up from his every move.Then cooperate with the calculation to predict the future behavior of the other party to a certain extent.

At this moment, Li Kun's voice came from the front: "You are all talents, and they are the future elites of our Darui. This question is for you."

These words are not casually said, but to send a signal.It marks the official start of the palace test.

"Students should do their best!"

When all the students replied, they all threw themselves into it.

The imperial examination, once on the list.The examiner on the spot can be called a teacher, or a teacher, or a room teacher.And in this imperial examination, theoretically, the main examiner is the emperor, so Jinshi is also called the disciple of the emperor, and it is also legitimate to call himself a student.

In the quiet hall.Soon there was the sound of pen and ink scribbling on the paper. There were more than 300 people present, who were the real essence of Darui Wendao.

There are also three or two people's pens in it, which have a faint flavor of charm. Although they have not really formed, they also form a breath around them, giving people an unusual sense in the senses, and attracting the attention and surprise of several examiners.

Even the emperor Li Kun, when he was entangled in the matter of Qiu Yan, his attention was attracted, and he couldn't help asking: "Who are those people?"

The examiner who was in charge of answering the question came over: "Reporting to the official family, among the three people, one is Gao Jing, a Taoist from Jiannan, one is Ye Yun, from Lingnan, and the other is from Yanzhao, named Yang Yan, They are descendants of the Yang family."

"Gao Jing? Look at his pen, he is very stable, he is a steady person."

Li Kun said, his eyes fell on Ye Yun, and he nodded slowly: "This Ye Yun is also unusual. When he writes, he is free and easy. As for this Yang Yan, he is from the Yang family?"

In the whisper, Li Kun's eyes lit up: "No wonder he holds the pen in his hand, like holding a spear. When he moves his hand, swords and swords appear on the paper. I am looking forward to him giving me a copy." What kind of test paper."

While talking, Li Kun's eyes fell on Qiu Yan again.

After the Palace Examination started, the examinees either read the article thoroughly, or summarized what was said on the paper in a draft, so as to organize their thoughts, and even those with a beautiful chest would simply write a book, but Qiu Yan threw the examination paper on the table, He closed his eyes with a calm expression.

"Then what is Qiu Yan doing?"

Seeing this scene, Li Kun couldn't help becoming curious, and asked in a low voice, but how could the examiner in charge of answering questions know, so he went to remind Qiu Yan, but was stopped by Li Kun: "Don't bother him, he may be thinking about it in his heart. , writing the manuscript."

This is the benefit of reputation. When Qiu Yan kept a low profile, many people thought he was not worthy of his name and wanted to use him as a stepping stone. In the minds of ordinary people, who would dare to ignore it, even if it is an emperor or a minister?

Even if they knew that Qiu Yanxiu had supernatural powers, they would only have doubts about his goals, not his talents.

Not only Li Kun, but also Ma Yang, Zhang Lian, Xu Jin, and even Wang Fu, who had been following Qiu Yan all along, followed Qiu Yan's actions.

For the other candidates, no matter how brilliant their performance was, or how smooth their writing was, none of them was as touching as Qiu Yan's action of closing his eyes.

"This Qiu Yan, isn't he thinking about how to write an article that surprises everyone with his skills, and then wins the number one prize? He doesn't know yet, his secret has been exposed, the emperor knows it all, and he is no longer destined for the top three!" Zhang Lian sneered, and narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold glow from the slits in his eyes.

This appearance was seen by Xu Jin who was next to him, who shook his head secretly: "Zhang Lian, a veteran of several dynasties, has a deep understanding of the way of power, but now he is blinded by party disputes, and seeing people and things is no longer black and white. This kind of thinking will inevitably create enemies for his Zhang family and bury hidden dangers. For those young and promising people, we can't always think about suppressing them. If they can be suppressed for a while, can they be suppressed for a lifetime?"

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Qiu Yan again, noticing the calm expression on the latter's face, he was also muttering.

"Looking at Qiu Yan's appearance, his article shouldn't be simple, but after all, Zhenlong's doubts can't be dispelled easily. It depends on whether he can put forward a good opinion on the battle situation in northern Xinjiang, which may be able to dispel the doubts in the mind of the Holy One. doubt."

In the eyes of these ministers, the military system is not a trivial matter, and it is unrealistic to expect candidates to come up with practical ideas. This is not to underestimate them, but determined by their vision. , and cannot describe pictograms.

Candidates did not sit in that position, the information they could grasp was very limited, and they had no concept of the whole world, so how could they go deep into the military system and talk about gains and losses?

The Zaizhi knew very well that the emperor took out this question in the examination paper not to get a response from the examinees, but to express his attitude and make use of it.

Ma Yang also understands this, but on the other hand, he is also very concerned about Qiu Yan's response: "During the provincial examination, Shen Zhi also wrote a military policy, which didn't have many tactics, let alone the military system, but Predicting the enemy first is a person who seeks the overall situation. I hope that he can rely on this strategy question and then have a good article to dispel the official's hesitation and resolve the immediate crisis. However, good and bad depend on each other. After this incident, It’s a joy to be able to get him out of the vortex of party struggle to some extent.”

Thinking this way, thinking about the old and new party struggles, Ma Yang's eyes moved slightly, and his eyes fell on Wang Fu, and then he was taken aback.He actually saw the focus and expectation on the latter's face.

Wang Fu was staring at Qiu Yan's figure with a solemn expression.

In the officialdom, the necessary prerequisite is to learn to hide the thoughts in your heart, and not show your emotions, especially when they have come to such a point, people who are extremely respectable, their words, deeds, and colors will be speculated by others. To use it, you must always pay attention to it. The situation where you show your feelings like this is either done deliberately, or it is uncontrollable.

"Could it be..."

After thinking about it, Ma Yang's eyes returned to Qiu Yan, but after turning his head, Qiu Yan opened his eyes and picked up the pen in his hand. The tip of the pen fell on the paper and wrote lightly. up.

Those characters are constantly forming, presenting the thoughts in his heart on the paper. These characters are full of bones and blood, and contain charm, but the strange thing is that the charm seems to be drawn out by some force. Every time a character is formed, the charm quickly fades away. , leaving only a seemingly ordinary text.

In this way, it seems that when Qiu Yan writes, his aura is quite ordinary, let alone the slightest momentum, not to mention compared with Gao Jing, Ye Yun, and Yang Yan, even when other scholars write, they have the comfortable attitude of splashing ink. , may not be comparable.

When others observe calligraphy, the demeanor and momentum of the writer are very important. Li Kun, Ma Yang and others are either well-informed or are masters of calligraphy themselves. Of course, they noticed the strangeness of Qiu Yan's writing.

But they didn't take it lightly because of this, on the contrary they became more curious, because they had read Qiu Yanneng's quotation of the vision, and the question about the dyed paper. Definitely quirky.

Thinking about it, Li Kun stood up and walked forward, obviously wanting to go over to have a look, but his identity is there, so he has to be reserved, so he didn't go straight, but wandered among the candidates seemingly casually , as if on inspection tour.

Ma Yang and the others didn't have any scruples in this regard, but they knew the emperor's mind and didn't want to be the first, so they all stood where they were.

However, it didn't take long for a few people to notice a silent change, which happened somewhere, and they searched carefully, but they couldn't find the reason.

They don't know...

Outside the palace, above the sky, streaks of bright yellow energy gradually appeared in the void, entangled with the will of the city, fluctuated, and ripples bloomed, but the ripples were not intense, and radiated towards the north!

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