Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 285 Returning to Xuchang
Li Song got up and left the courtroom with Xu Chu, Li Yuanba and Sima Yi. As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the courtroom, a personal guard came over, cupped his fists and saluted, "Report to the Prime Minister! Suddenly a golden light flashed across the ground in the east."

"Prime Minister! There may be treasures underground!" Sima Yi said, and turned to Qin Wei who came to report, "Have you sent someone to check?"

"My lord! I have already sent people to dig it out, and I think we already have a clue at this time." As soon as the guard finished speaking, someone trotted up to Li Song with a tray.

"Meet the Prime Minister!" The man said to Li Song, Li Song looked at the tray covered with a piece of cloth, and asked curiously in his heart: "What is on the tray?"

"Return to the Prime Minister! This is a treasure excavated from the ground in the east, please take a look at it." After the man said, he lifted the cloth on it to reveal the bronze sparrow inside.

Li Song looked at it, and showed Sima Yi the bronze sparrow. Sima Yi took it and looked at it. Li Song asked, "Zhongda! What does it mean to dig the bronze sparrow from the ground?"

"I heard that in the past, Shun's mother dreamed of a jade sparrow flying into her arms, and she gave birth to Shun not long after. This is enough to prove that the bronze sparrow represents an auspicious sign. Congratulations, prime minister! Congratulations, prime minister!" Sima Yi said.

Li Song touched the bronze bird in his hand, a little distracted. The reason why Cao Cao built the bronze bird was not because he dug the bronze bird and ordered it to be built. Although he didn't know how big Cao Cao dug at that time, he was sure that Definitely not so small in the hand.

"Zhongda, order someone to build a Tongque Terrace near Yecheng." Li Song said to Sima Yi beside him.

"No! I'll do it now!" Sima Yi cupped his hands, bowed and turned to leave.

"Zhongda!" Li Song called to stop Sima Yi, and Sima Yi turned to look at Li Song, not knowing what else Li Song could order him to stop.

"Zhongda, to build this Tongque Tower, simply build three. The tallest one in the middle is named Tongque; the one on the left is named Yulong; the one on the right is named Jinfeng. And above, it is spectacular."

"After these three platforms are completed, I will go to the Tongque Terrace to entertain and play, so that I can live up to my good years!" After Li Song said, he took Xu Chu and Li Yuanba away, and Sima Yi hurriedly stepped aside, bowed and saluted, Send Li Song and others away.

In the early morning of the next day, the army was assembled!Prepare the class teacher to return to court.

"Zhang Yan, the matter of Jizhou is in the hands of you, Jiao Touch, and Zhang Nan. After the Tongque Terrace is completed, don't forget to report to Xuchang with a flying horse." Li Song said to Zhang Yan, Jiao Touch, and Zhang Nan. , he planned to let Zhang Yan, Jiao Touch, and Zhang Nan guard the North Village, and at the same time supervise the construction of the Tongque Terrace.

"The final general will live up to the prime minister's entrustment!" Zhang Yan and others said with a salute.

Without further ado, Li Song turned around and got into the car, leading the army back to Xuchang. After the army left, Zhang Yan and the others immediately started to order people to build the Tongque Terrace near Yecheng.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, after Li Song returned to Xuchang, he ordered the army to recuperate, divide the troops to garrison fields, and prepare to go south at any time.

Li Song summoned Liu Bowen, Xu Maogong, Sima Yi, Zhong Yao and others to discuss matters in the council hall of Tiance Mansion.

The six counties of Jiangdong are now all owned by Sun Quan, but they have arranged a lot of underground staff in these six counties to inquire about Jiangdong's news, and if there is any trouble, it will be passed to Xuchang as soon as possible.

Moreover, the naval forces led by Gan Ning, Liu Rengui, and Li Sunchen are in the Chaohu naval base in Hefei, ready to fight!In this way, Jiangdong would have nothing to do without Liu Bowen, so he naturally returned to Xuchang.

"I decided to hold an imperial examination in Xuchang to test the students' learning achievements. They are the future pillars of the imperial court and the foundation of the imperial court's prosperity. Therefore, this imperial examination cannot be sloppy." Li Song told everyone present Liu Bowen and others said.

"What the prime minister said is very true! But please let the prime minister express how the imperial examination should be conducted!" Zhong Yao, as a native of this era, has never known what an imperial examination is. Except for Li Song, Liu Bowen and Xu Maogong, everyone else here I have never seen the imperial examination.

Li Song was stunned by Zhong Yao's question. Although he had heard the imperial examination more than once, to be honest he didn't know much about it.

Liu Bowen and others were still here, so that Li Song was prevented from making a fool of himself. Liu Bowen bowed his hands to Li Song first, and then bowed his hands to everyone: "This is the imperial examination! We should find a courtyard in Xuchang for the examination room..."

Liu Bowen eloquently explained some matters about the imperial examination, and Xu Maogong added from time to time, including matters such as preventing cheating. Li Song, Zhong Yao and others pricked up their ears to listen carefully, for fear of missing something.

"That's right! What Bowen said is exactly the things that should be paid attention to in the imperial examination, and let the world know that the imperial examination will be held in Xuchang two months later." Li Song said, although the imperial examination was conducted in Xuchang, let's take a look at the imperial examination system. The effect is to recruit talents from all over the world.

It’s okay to say that those who are near are far away, so it is impossible to rush to Xuchang in a short time, so Li Songcai set the first imperial examination for two months, in order to allow students who are farther away to rush to Xuchang in time for the exam. As for For those who couldn't make it, Li Song had no choice but to help them!
"Prime Minister! Where should the examination room be located?" Zhong Yao asked. The time and necessary precautions are all there, but the examination place in Xuchang has not yet been determined.

"There is a palace three meters away from the palace. Take the exam here!" Li Song said. An examination room.

"Prime Minister! Then who should be the examiner of the imperial examination? Who should be responsible for the security of the examination room? What is the topic of this imperial examination?" Since the examination room has been prepared long ago, the examiner in charge and Defense work, as well as examination questions, naturally had to be decided early.

"It's not too late to announce the examiner and the test questions when the test starts. As for the security issue, you don't have to worry about it. I will let Xu Chu lead the personal guards as guards to ensure the safety of the test room." Li Song said.

Immediately afterwards, everyone discussed the imperial examination, and Li Song decided to set the tone, which included preventing cheating and how many people had to be admitted.

"That's how the imperial examination is. After two months, we can see the results." Li Song said, and turned to Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, how is the manufacturing of the magic arrow?"

Now that the issue of the imperial examinations has been resolved, let's discuss about the magic arrow, which is also one of the purposes of this meeting.

The Divine Machine Arrow is the only magic weapon for large-scale long-range strikes. You only need to ignite the fuse to ignite the gunpowder inside, and push the arrow inside to shoot at the enemy. It can cover a large area. If it is used properly, it can severely damage the enemy. no problem.

(End of this chapter)