I'm so hard

Chapter 184

In the hearts of these eighteen scholars, firearms are sharp weapons for killing people.

And none of them had even killed a chicken with a knife.

Don't look at the usual discussions, everyone's voice is like a thunder, and they even fight if they don't agree with each other.

But if they are really asked to take a guy who can kill instantly, they feel a little scared.

Not far away, Liu Chaotong and Cai You shrank their necks when they saw the terrified expressions of the scholars.

Because the two of them may not have the guts to take a firearm and shoot a target ten meters away.

The Shangguan on the side was displeased but a little impatient, and cursed in a low voice: A bunch of trash, I dare not do this, if I go to the battlefield in the future, I will definitely be a prisoner!

As soon as the words came out, someone stood up immediately.

This person is Ma Hongyi from Jingzhou, who is ranked fifth on the Qingyun Ranking.

Fill medicine.

aim.

Then shoot.

"boom!"

I saw a flash of fire, and the ammunition shot out, but it didn't hit the target, but hit the beam of the Daqing Hall.

The surrounding scholars were startled and quickly hid aside.

Ma Hongyi did not expect that the recoil force of the firearm would be so great. The seemingly simple operation is actually not simple at all.

If he had hurt the surrounding scholars or ministers just now, it would be a serious crime.

Heiwa and a few soldiers of the Imperial Army stood aside, always on guard. The security was perfect, unless a certain soldier shot him in the head.

"I come!"

At this time, Quanzhou Tang Buyi walked to the center, then reloaded and aimed, holding only the end of the firearm with both hands.

"boom!"

Another flame came out.

Tang Buyi was so frightened that he closed his eyes instantly, and then opened them secretly.

When he saw the gunpowder shell penetrate one edge of the target, he couldn't help but jumped up instantly.

Just when he was about to cheer, he realized that this was the Daqing Palace, so he quickly covered his mouth and stood aside with a smile on his face.

Immediately, a soldier moved the target he shot away.

This means that Tang Buyi has passed this test.

Immediately, the other scholars became impatient. If they missed the championship because they did not dare to shoot, it would be a big loss!

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of firearms firing came one after another.

Some shot on the roof, some bounced themselves to the ground, and some couldn't even load the ammunition, but most of them did well.

At this moment, Zhao Yan suddenly smelled a smell of urine, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Shangguan's displeasure could be smelled even more clearly from below. When he took a closer look, he saw a scholar with a firearm in his hand, his legs were trembling, and his feet were wet.

"Pull it out!" Shangguan waved his hand in displeasure and said.

Those who dare to urinate in the Daqing Palace are destined to miss the top three.

At this time, Shangguan Yuntun also made a move after observing several winners.

Fill up, aim.

His movements stumbled, and his whole body was trembling.

After taking a full count of breaths in the preparation, he shot suddenly.

"boom!"

A loud bang.

Hei Wa who was not far away took a closer look and shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, you hit the bull's-eye!"

Zhao Yan couldn't help but be happy, this luck is really amazing.

Shangguan Yuntun took a long breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, handed the firearm to the soldiers of the Imperial Army, and stood aside.

After ten breaths, Hei Wa shouted: "Time is up."

Immediately, the scholars who hit the target stood aside, while those who missed the target could only be out of the game with regret.

Zhao Yan looked down, and there were only ten people left.

With a wave of Zhao Yan's hand, all the targets and firearms below were removed, replaced by ten tables and chairs, and on the tables were the real weapons of these people: pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

The remaining ten scholars couldn't help but let out a long breath, and murmured in their hearts: "Finally, it's my turn to be my field of expertise!"

Zhao Yan smiled lightly and stood up.

"Next, what I want to test you is a question that does not require knowledge reserves, but requires brains."

"If you only have ten pennies in your hand, without stealing or robbing without anyone's help, is it like turning ten pennies into consistent money in a strange place?"

"Don't tell me that you rely on writing poems and paintings, relying on your own talent or appearance, you can only use these ten coins to make a consistent amount of money, and the answering time is half an hour, let's start!"

Hearing this question, the scholars were a little dazed.

If you want to use ten pennies to make a consistent amount of money, it is equivalent to a hundredfold increase, and the time limit is only one day. Is this simply impossible?

Cai You, Shangguan Buyue, and the examiners of Jixian Academy suddenly felt very lucky. Fortunately, they had already participated in the imperial examination. Otherwise, they would not know how to deal with such a powerful and unconstrained emperor like Zhao Yan. .

The corners of Zhao Yan's mouth turned up, revealing a smirk.

If Da Zhou wants to reform, money must be in place, so he must like the kind of officials who can understand finance and are good at making money.

All the scholars were a little confused, and after thinking for a while, they wrote one after another.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
Let’s not talk about whether the writing of these ten scholars is correct, but everyone can write quite well.

Zhao Yan saw from afar that Tang Buyi had already written more than 300 words.

And the other few people also kept writing, as if they were writing a policy theory.

"Isn't this a math problem? How can you write so much, just come up with an idea?" Zhao Yan became more and more curious.

Half an hour passed quite quickly.

Xizi quickly collected all ten test papers and placed them in front of Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan looked at the ten people below who were all very nervous, and said, "You guys take a break first, and those who want to go to the toilet don't have to hold back, it's just outside the hall."

Zhao Yan's words fell.

These ten people ran like rabbits one by one, and quickly rushed to the outside of the hall.

They came to the palace one by one before dawn, and then went through a series of procedures before arriving at the Daqing Palace.

"Xizi, go get some pastries and tea, let's all have some! I'll go to the apse to have a look, and I'll be back later."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan went to the side hall.

Shangguan Buyue and the others also let out a long sigh of relief, standing here is really uncomfortable.

They have basically not eaten since last night.

When Zhao Yan came to the side hall, the first thing he saw was Tang Buyi's test paper.

Puchi!

Zhao Yan almost didn't laugh out loud.

Tang Buyi's writing is really funny.

Tang Buyi returned to Zhao Yan's question by way of answering policy theory. He believed that what Zhao Yan wanted to ask was not how to earn a consistent amount of money with ten coins, but how an official could develop the ability to use one to one to a hundred. ability.

In the test paper, he also mentioned Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Book of Rites, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas. He used more than a dozen allusions to explain that he himself is a person who equals one to a hundred.

After Zhao Yan read it, he wrote four words on it: off topic.

Zhao Yan thought that Tang Buyi's answer was biased enough, but he didn't expect that the answers of the next two test papers were even more biased. One of them thought that Zhao Yan was testing whether he loved money.

Then, he cited a lot of examples. He collected money when he was seven years old, donated to beggars when he was 11 years old, never bought valuables in his life, and even wrote that he had never been in a brothel to prove himself He doesn't love money, and he can be a good official.

Before seeing this test paper, Zhao Yan did not believe that there would be such a pedantic and rigid literati in the world.But Zhao Yan believed it now.

Many literati in the Great Zhou Dynasty actually became officials by studying hard.

How many things such an official can do for the people and the king can be imagined with his knees.

Zhao Yan directly drew a big cross on his test paper, which means that even if this person can still be ranked on the gold list, he will still be ranked extremely low, and if he does not perform well as an official, he will be dismissed soon.

When he saw Wu Wenyuan's answer from Hangzhou, Zhao Yan's eyes lit up, and he murmured, "As expected of being from a noble family in Hangzhou, he has a business mind!"

Wu Wenyuan wrote: If he only has ten Wen coins, he will first find a tea mountain, and then find a tea farmer, and exchange ten Wen coins for the right to pick tea for an hour, and according to his level of tea art, he will definitely be able to pick good tea. tea, and then he went to find a wealthy businessman to sell it. With his appearance and temperament, it was no problem to earn a regular amount of money.

Compared with the previous test papers, this is a relatively normal answer.

Zhao Yan wrote two words on his test paper: Shang Ke.

The answers that follow are varied.

Someone chose to polish the ten-wen coin into an ornament, and then sold it to a rich lady who looked stupid and rich.

Some people choose to use ten pennies to participate in some kind of gambling, and if they win, they can get the same amount of money or even more.

And when he saw a few lines of words on Shangguan Yuntun's test paper, Zhao Yan couldn't help being happy.

"Haha, what an honest man!"

Shangguan Yuntun's test paper reads: "Exchange ten Wen for five steamed buns, do hard labor, and earn a hundred Wen a day."

Zhao Yan thought for a while, and marked on his test paper: "Yes."

A person like Shangguan Yuntun is suitable to be an official, especially an upright official, but his stubborn and upright character can easily die young.

……

After reviewing and reviewing, Zhao Yan had a clear idea.

He took out the five examination papers for the promotion of scholars, and then came to the Daqing Hall.

At this moment, the ten scholars had already eaten and drank enough, and they all paid respects.

When they saw Zhao Yan's return, they were particularly disturbed, because everyone was not satisfied with their answers, and they didn't know what Zhao Yan's criteria were.

Zhao Yan handed the test paper to Xizi and said, "Let's directly announce the five people who will advance to the third round!"

Xizi read the test paper once, and then announced: In this round of palace examination, the five scholars who have advanced are: Liu Jingming from Chuzhou, Ximen Dechu from Luzhou, Shangguan Yuntun from Changdan,
Shuzhou Li Mubai, Hangzhou Wu Wenyuan. "

The five people whose names were mentioned were simply overjoyed.

Entering the top five is another step away from the top three.The five people who were eliminated had to leave the Daqing Hall with a depressed face.

When Shangguan Yuntun heard his name being read, he couldn't help but be taken aback. He knew that his answer didn't have any advantage for promotion, but he didn't expect Zhao Yan to let him pass.

He suddenly had confidence and felt that he could make a dash for the champion.

Soon, five people lined up in a row, standing in the center of Daqing Hall, waiting for the final round of assessment.

When Zhao Yan came up with a question, it was naturally impossible for one of them to be quite satisfactory.

He glanced at Shangguan's displeasure, and said with a smile: "The third round of competition, it will be much simpler. The five of you will join together to debate on Shangguan's displeasure! The title of the debate is, this year, Should I launch a New Deal in Dazhou?"

"what?"

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard the title of this debate topic.

Everyone knew that the Great Zhou New Deal was the general trend and it was impossible to change it, and anyone who got the test questions that didn't fit the New Deal would obviously be at a disadvantage.

Shangguan rolled his displeased eyes, thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to be the party that should not initiate the New Deal."

Zhao Yan was immediately happy, but he didn't expect Shangguan's displeasure to be quite sensible sometimes.

The purpose of his asking this question is to see how much these scholars understand the New Deal.The task of Shangguan's displeasure is to be a target.

It's just that this target is not easy to be hit, and it will attack automatically.

"Sure!" Zhao Yan said.

Immediately, Shangguan was displeased and strode across to the five people.

With his chest straightened out and his eyes glaring, the five of them took two or three steps back in fright.

Standing in front of them was the first debater of the Great Zhou, the Manchu civil and military officials of the Great Zhou, and even Zhao Yanke had been bullied by this one.

The Shangguan was displeased and said in a loud voice: "You five are against one of me. I am at a disadvantage. Naturally, I will speak first."

The five nodded at the same time, without any courage to resist.

Zhao Yan added on the above: "Everyone should learn from Mr. Shangguan. Thick skin is also a necessary ability to be an official. Shangguan is not happy, you start!"

Hearing Zhao Yan's ridicule, the mood of the five scholars suddenly relaxed a little.

As for Shangguan's displeasure, his old face blushed, and then he coughed dryly and said: "Since ancient times, in the New Deal, there have been less than one or two winners, and eight or nine losers. Now I, Dazhou, have just experienced a battle with Beimeng. However, the government does not have much food left. Once reforms are made and a certain class initiates a civil uprising, the consequences will be unimaginable. Besides, the surrounding countries are also eyeing us. This year we should rest and recuperate in order to change later. Therefore, this official feels that this year is not suitable. Start the New Deal swiftly."

As soon as Shangguan was displeased, he demonstrated the ability of a master debater. He grasped a key word in the topic of the policy: this year.

What Zhao Yan asked was: this year, should I launch a new policy in Dazhou?
Shangguan displeasure changed the position of policy theory to that Dazhou should not open a new policy this year, but next year or the year after that can still be determined according to the situation.

"Haha, an old fox is an old fox!" Cai You on the side almost laughed out loud.

The five members of Shangguan Yuntun were overwhelmed by Shangguan's displeasure, and suddenly they didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Hangzhou Wu Wenyuan plucked up his courage, took a step forward and said, "I think what you said is nonsense, and it doesn't make any sense!"

After saying this sentence, he was at a loss for words.

The core of folk policy theory is that after you finish speaking, I will refute first, first say that you are talking nonsense, and then talk about my own stuff.

But after Wu Wenyuan finished speaking this arrogant sentence, Shangguan gave him a displeased stare, and immediately didn't know what to say!

(End of this chapter)