"The Hu people are going to attack in a big way?"

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

At this time, another attendant handed out the exam paper to a table, and it was written on the question.

Judging from the tone, the question is naturally Emperor Li Kun, a few hundred words sprinkled with joy, Qiu Yan read through it, and saw two pieces of information from it-

One is that there is a war in the north, and the other is that the emperor has the intention to reform the military system!

Because of the constraints of communication means and other factors, not to mention the border war, even if it is a domestic policy change, ordinary people often do not understand it, or they know it later, they know a few miles from the other side at most, and a lot of information is in the hands of the squires and clansmen.

However, among the scholars of Shilin, there is a lot of news about the war in northern Xinjiang, and there are many versions, some say that there is a big victory, some say that the army is lost, and some say that the enemy is chasing north, and even more say that the land is ceded and sued for peace.

Many of these news will affect the morale of the country, so the official does not express it, or even faintly prohibits it, and can only be circulated in private.

Now, looking at the exam papers in front of me, reading the text above, and explaining the situation in northern Xinjiang, it can be regarded as affirming the news, but according to the above statement, both sides have their own victories and defeats, but after all, Da Rui is mainly farming, and he is suffering a little loss, and a lot of barren and unsuitable land for cultivation has been discarded.

"This news, even if it is not announced to the people, it is only made public to the candidates present, waiting for the palace examination. When the candidates leave, the news will soon spread, which will have an impact on morale and people's hearts, and even be used by people with intentions, so it seems ......"

Qiu Yan's gaze moved downward, looking at the rest of the words, thoughtful.

"The emperor is very determined to reform the military system, which is to use the public war in northern Xinjiang to create public opinion and build momentum. In the end, many interest groups were forced to compromise. It's like dancing on the tip of a knife, but it's a bit bold. ”

Starting from the current situation, Qiu Yan has some understanding of Li Kun, the emperor. I faintly feel the determination of the other side to become a strong country.

At this time. Li Kun's voice came from the front: "You are all talents. It is my future elite of Darui, and this question is for you. ”

This is not something that is said casually. Rather, it is a signal that marks the official start of the temple examination.

"Students should do their best!"

All the beings replied, and they all plunged into it.

In the imperial examination, once on the list, the examiner on the spot can be called a teacher, or a seat teacher, or a house master. And in this palace examination, the theoretical main examination is the emperor, and it is also legitimate to call himself a disciple of the Son of Heaven as a jinshi, and to call himself a student.

Everyone moved the pen, the quiet hall, soon sounded the sound of pen and ink on the paper, more than 300 people present, is the real essence of the Great Ruiwen Dao, the export of the chapter does not know how many, just to review the topic and think for a while, many people on the pen like a god.

There are also three or two people's pens in it, which has a faint flavor of charm, although it is not really formed, but it also forms a breath around it, giving people an unusual meaning in the senses, attracting the attention and surprise of several examiners.

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

The examiner who was in charge of answering came over: "Back to the official's house, those three people, one is Gao Jing, a native of Jiannan Dao, one is named Ye Yun, from Lingnan, and the other is a person from Yan Zhao, named Yang Yan, who is a descendant of the Yang family. ”

"Gao Jing? Look at his writing, he is stable and stable, but 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 has a sense of casual and free, as for this Yang Yan, he is a member of the Yang family?"

In the whisper, Li Kun's eyes lit up: "No wonder the pen is held in his hand, as if he is holding a spear, and when he moves his hand, there is a sword and sword shadow on the paper, I am very much looking forward to what kind of exam paper he can hand in to me." ”

As he spoke, Li Kun's gaze fell on Qiu Yan again.

After the palace examination began, the candidates either read through the article, or summarized what was said on the paper on the draft, so as to organize their thoughts, and even those who had a splendid chest, simply put pen to paper, but Qiu Yan threw the exam paper on the table, closed his eyes, and his expression was calm.

"Then what is Qiu Yan doing?"

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

This is the benefit of fame, when Qiu Yan was low-key, many people thought that he was not worthy of his name, and wanted to use him as the stepping stone, but now after the test, he got the Huiyuan not to mention, and there are more visions to follow, not to mention that in the hearts of ordinary people, even if it is an emperor or a minister, who dares to ignore it?

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

Not only Li Kun, but even Ma Yang, Zhang Lian, Xu Jin, and even Wang Fu, who has always paid attention to Qiu Yan, have all paid attention to Qiu Yan's movements.

Other candidates, no matter how wonderful their performance is or how smooth their writing is, is not as touching as Qiu Yan's action of closing his eyes.

"This Qiu Yan, isn't he thinking about how to write an article, which shocked the four people, and then won the top prize? He still doesn't know that his secret has been exposed, and the emperor knows it clearly, and the top three have no chance with him!" Zhang Lian sneered, narrowed his eyes, and a cold glow was revealed in his eyes.

This appearance was seen by Xu Jin next to him, who shook his head secretly: "Zhang Lian is a veteran of several dynasties, well versed in the way of power, but now he is blinded by the party struggle, and he has become black and white when he sees people and things, such a mind will inevitably set up enemies for his Zhang family and bury hidden dangers.

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

"Looking at Qiu Yan's appearance, his article should not be simple, but after all, the true dragon is suspicious, and it is not easy to dispel, it depends on whether he can put forward a good opinion on the battle situation in the northern Xinjiang, which may be able to dispel the doubts in the saint's heart. ”

In the eyes of these rulers, the military system is not a trivial matter, and it is not practical to expect candidates to come up with practical ideas, this is not to underestimate them, but to determine the vision, just like a blind man who has never seen an elephant, no matter how much he touches it, he cannot describe the pictogram.

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

The deacons are very clear that the emperor took out this question on the examination paper, not to get a response from the candidates, but to show his attitude and use it.

Ma Yang also understands this, but on the other hand, he is also very concerned about Qiu Yan's response: "During the township test, Shen Zhi also wrote a military strategy, which did not have many tactics, let alone the military system, but he expected the enemy first, but was a person who planned the overall situation, I hope he can rely on this strategy, and then have a good article to offer, so as to dispel the hesitation of the official family and resolve the immediate crisis, however, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, after this incident, how much can let him get out of the whirlpool of party contention, and it is a joy." ”

Thinking like this, thinking of the old and new party struggles, Ma Yang's eyes moved slightly, and his gaze fell on Wang Fu, and then he was stunned. He actually saw the look of concentration and anticipation on the latter's face.

Wang Fu was staring at Qiu Yan's figure, his face solemn.

In officialdom, the necessary premise is to learn to hide the thoughts in your heart, joy and anger are invisible, especially when they have come to such a point, people who are extremely popular ministers, every word and deed, a color, will be speculated and used, and we must always pay attention to the situation of showing the feelings in our hearts like this, either deliberately made, or it is difficult to help themselves.

"Isn't it ......"

Thinking about it, Ma Yang's gaze returned to Qiu Yan, just this turn of his head, and then looked over, Qiu Yan had already opened his eyes, and picked up the pen in his hand, the tip of the pen fell on the paper, and he wrote lightly.

The words continue to take shape, presenting their thoughts on the paper, these words are full of blood and blood, containing charm, but the strange thing is that the charm seems to be extracted by some force, every time a word is formed, the charm quickly dims, leaving only a seemingly ordinary text.

In this way, it seems that when Qiu Yan and Xing write, his gas posture is quite ordinary, and there is no momentum, not to mention compared with Gao Jing, Ye Yun, Yang Yan, and even when other scholars write, the comfortable state of splashing ink may not be comparable.

Li Kun, Ma Yang and others, who are either well-informed or calligraphers themselves, have noticed the strangeness of Qiu Yan's pen.

But they didn't despise it, but became more and more curious, because Qiu Yan was able to quote visions, and the paper-dyed questions had also been read by them.

Thinking about it, Li Kun got up and stood up, stepped forward, obviously wanted to walk over and take a look, but his identity was there, and he had to be reserved, so he didn't go straight away, but walked among the candidates as if he was on a random look, as if he was on a tour of the exam.

Ma Yang and the others didn't have any scruples in this regard, but they knew the thoughts of the Emperor Dao and didn't want to be the first, so they all stood in place.

However, it didn't take long for several people to notice a silent change, and they didn't know where it happened, and they investigated carefully, but they couldn't find the reason.

They don't know what to do......

Outside the palace, high in the sky, a clear yellow qi was gradually revealed in the void, entangled with the will of the city, fluctuating, and blooming ripples, but the ripples were not intense, radiating towards the north!

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, the dragon qi runs through, but wherever there are living beings, there are traces of dragon qi, this ripple transmission, it will not take a moment to arrive in the northern Xinjiang. (To be continued......)

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