Since receiving Dong Yu's reply, Zhaoguo's side has also immediately focused on cultivating test-taking strategists, Xiao Diyuan and Jiang Yuetang are both people who have helped the country win the big competition, so they are trained as key talents.

Beginning in May, the two and the other thirty-three selected key test counselors spent most of their days at the Special Training Institute.

Now there are still four months left before the 'Ninth Five-Year Competition', and the time is pressing, and everyone who has been selected does not dare to relax in the slightest.

On June 1, Mrs. Tao and Zhen Huiyuan carefully prepared a meal and waited for Jiang Yuetang to come back to eat.

Jiang Yuetang came back a little late that day because of his busy affairs, and when he returned, he remembered that it was his birthday, and hurriedly apologized to Mrs. Tao and Zhen Huiyuan.

The two of them didn't mind, and immediately ordered someone to heat the meal, and everyone happily had a hearty dinner.

And so the birthday passed.

Naturally, the ceremony will not be held.

The next day, when she arrived in the palace, she received a gift from Xiao Diyuan, and he was too busy to forget it yesterday, and he looked sorry when he gave her something.

Jiang Yuetang blushed and put the jade bracelet he gave into his pocket, and said, "I'll put it on when I recover my daughter." ”

Xiao Diyuan saw that there was no one around, so he immediately hugged her tightly and said, "Okay." ”

With that, he kissed her on the mouth.

Jiang Yuetang hurriedly pushed him away and said, "This is in the garden, and someone will pass by at any time." ”

Xiao Diyuan reluctantly let go of her and said, "You can come to my place for dinner in the evening." ”

She knew what he was up to, but she agreed.

On June 9th, Zhaoguo held the five-year 'Sixty-Nine Tournament', and strategists from all over the world and all levels gathered in the capital to participate in the extremely important competition for them.

Jiang Yuetang doesn't need to take this exam anymore, but she has to participate in the cabinet first assistant competition after this exam, so it's not easier than those candidates these days.

Because of the pressure in her heart, she hasn't slept well for the past few days, and her spirit is not very good during the day, but she knows that if she doesn't run for the first assistant of the cabinet this time, she will have to have a chance to compete in five years, which will greatly reduce her advantage, and she is now of marriageable age, and she can't wait for five years. If she didn't run for the first assistant of the cabinet, she would be uneasy, and she knew very well that she would be distracted after getting married, and it would be even more difficult to compete.

So, this year is the best time for her, and she has to seize it.

Xiao Diyuan saw that her face was pale in the past few days, and he knew that she was overly nervous, so he invited her to Qingyun Palace on the evening of June 10, hugged her and said warmly: "Tomorrow is the first and second cabinet competition, you must sleep well tonight." ”

Jiang Yuetang nodded.

Xiao Diyuan said: "I'm afraid that you will turn around and forget." ”

As he spoke, he picked up a small packet from the table and said to her, "This is a special incense that can calm the nerves, and you should be able to sleep well by lighting it before going to bed tonight." ”

Sure enough, Jiang Yuetang slept well that night, and neither dreamed nor woke up at night.

The next day, she entered the examination room in good spirits.

Through her experience in the early court and assisting the emperor in reviewing the folds in the past two years, she is already very familiar with the affairs of the Zhaoguo dynasty, so she can answer questions about political affairs quickly and accurately, and also adds some of her own opinions.

After several rounds of severe tests, her stamina became stronger and stronger, and later there were many questions that only she could answer.

After the exam, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The results will not come out until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

She was very tired at this time, and she just wanted to go back and get a good night's sleep, so she walked directly to the palace gate.

When she got into the carriage, she almost shouted—Xiao Diyuan was already sitting inside.

Jiang Yuetang stroked his chest and said softly: "I'm scared to death, fortunately, it's not night." ”

Xiao Diyuan stretched out his hand to take her into his arms, and said softly, "I'll send you back." ”

She obediently snuggled into his arms, closed her eyes and said, "Okay." ”

She fell asleep like this, not knowing how gentle his eyes were when he looked at her.

Two days later, the results were announced - Jiang Yuetang won the position of first assistant to the cabinet with a far lead.

After learning the result, Jiang Yuetang's tears welled up, and she immediately knelt down in the direction of Jiang Chuanxiong's cemetery, and said, "Daddy, our wish has come true." ”

That day, she had been crying, as did Mrs. Tao and Zhen Huiyuan, and the three of them did not show their pride, but were deeply grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

Siu arrived in the evening and congratulated them sincerely.

Jiang Yuetang only felt like a dream, and he was still in a trance until Xiao Diyuan left.

The next day, when the emperor personally congratulated her and told her about the matters that the cabinet chief assistant needed to pay attention to, she realized her current identity, and before the emperor could finish speaking, she burst into tears.

But she was already the first assistant, so she couldn't be so emotional anymore, so she hurriedly wiped away her tears with her sleeve and said solemnly: "The minister has written it down, thank you Your Majesty!"

So far, fifteen-year-old Jiang Yuetang has become the youngest Shoufu in the history of the Central Plains (the prime minister was called Shoufu in the Ming Dynasty), and the first female minister in the Central Plains.

After sitting on the position of first assistant, Jiang Yuetang immediately grasped the special training work of the test counselors, and proposed a series of policies to Li Pei that would benefit the country and the people, such as allowing the people of Zhao to intermarry with people of various ethnic groups in the former Shu Kingdom, the Yu State and the Ye Kingdom, unifying the language, font and currency of the Central Plains, rewarding those who had made outstanding contributions to the country, and reducing taxes.

Li Pei basically agreed.

Within three months, Zhaoguo showed a new atmosphere.

Jiang Yuetang has been loved by people all over the country.

People say that she is a big country that really helped Zhao gradually grow from a small country that only occupies one-fifth of the territory of the Central Plains to a large country that occupies more than half of the territory of the Central Plains. Without her, Zhaoguo's road to great power might have been delayed for twenty or thirty years.

She is a person who can stand up and turn the tide at a critical moment for the country, and she is the pillar of the country in the hearts of the people.

People's praise did not make Jiang Yuetang feel proud and proud, but made her more deeply aware of the responsibility on her shoulders, so after taking office, she was busy with the affairs of the people every day.

September is getting closer and closer, and the people of Zhaoguo and Yunguo are becoming more and more nervous and busy.

These days, except for going to the early court and assisting the emperor in reviewing the folds, Jiang Yuetang spent the rest of his time in the special training institute, doing questions one by one with other test-taking strategists.

Sometimes when she was too late, she stayed in the room specially arranged for her by the emperor in the palace, and stayed until the next day before dawn and got up and hurried to the morning court.

During these months, she often forgot that she was a girl and only realized it when she bathed at night.

Fortunately, Xiao Diyuan didn't blame her for not having time to accompany her, but she had always been very considerate of her hard work, so she was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart and felt sorry.