"What kind of poetry conference is Xiao Yao, this stinky boy, how is it being held now?" Chen Xu asked curiously.

"Back to Your Majesty, this poetry conference held in the general casino, last night was held exactly the tenth preliminaries, and now they have selected ten talented people who have become chapters and talents, and now the people in the entire Jinling City are looking forward to the finals of this poetry conference they are holding!" Father-in-law Gao also said expectantly.

"Haha, this Xiao Shilang has been dismissed from his military position, but he still doesn't know how to keep a low profile! Didn't he know that after smashing the Four Seasons Restaurant at that time, he pushed himself to the cusp, how many people in Jinling City wanted to see him die! A man from a humble background, I made an exception to recruit him into the army to become a captain, which has already made many people look at him unpleasantly, so even if he has made great achievements, I want to promote him to general, there are still so many nobles of the noble clan who oppose him! These nobles of the scholar clan are all in high positions in our Chen country, and they hold great power, they are united, and even I have to be afraid of three points, so in order to calm down this incident and give an explanation to these noble clans, I removed Xiao Shilang from his post and demoted him back to the common people! Chen Xu said with a wry smile helplessly.

"I thought that after this Xiao Shilang was dismissed and dismissed by me, he would be restrained and low-key, but who knew that this Xiao Shilang was still so arrogant and arrogant, and he actually made such a high-profile poetry conference, and the prize for the first place was as high as 1,000 taels of silver, such a huge bonus, not only made those ordinary people rush to it, but even those wealthy children were eager to try, and even now there are many well-known talents from Zhou Qi and the two countries in Jinling City, and they will also participate in this poetry conference. Let Xiao Shilang and General Motors once again stand on the cusp of the verbal wave! However, through this poetry conference, they really helped our court of Dachen find out a lot of talented talents, I heard that there are already a lot of high-ranking officials and prominent people have been busy gathering these talents under the door, although these talents are invested in the door of these nobles, it will make the power of these gate valve families stronger, but after all, they are also working for our Da Chen, so it is still good for the development of our Da Chen! Chen Xu nodded and said with a smile.

"That means that this poetry conference held by Xiao Shilang this time has discovered so many talents, and it can be regarded as a great contribution to our Da Chen?" Gao Gong voted to help Xiao Yao say good things in his favor, because he knew that Chen Xu actually admired Xiao Yao very much in his heart!

"Great credit? Bah! I can't wait to slap this Xiao Shilang a few times now! That's a full 1,000 taels of silver, and if you say take it out, you can take it out, it's really generous! Don't you know that the thousand taels of silver were taken out of the general trading house? Previously, Zu Yuan had already dedicated the General Comptoir to me, and the profits of the General Comptoir were now all the money of our Dachen treasury! This Xiao Shilang is now spending my money to satisfy his own preferences, you don't mean that he has held ten preliminaries, but the people who participate in these preliminaries are free to eat, drink and have fun in the general casino, so many people, how much free entertainment, this will cost me a lot of silver! And now I have asked Wu Mingche to prepare to launch an attack on Qi State again, taking advantage of the fact that their army commander Hu Luguang was killed by Gao Wei, morale is low, and people's hearts are in turmoil, and then send troops to attack Huaibei, and all the Huaibei regions are under our Chen State in one go, so it is the time to spend money, but this Xiao Yao is spending my money lavishly here, it is simply unreasonable! Although Chen Xu scolded Xiao Yao, he still had a smile on his face.

"However, I heard that this poetry conference held by Xiao Yao is to use a method called voting to decide the winner, and these votes can only be obtained after spending in general casinos, and only one vote can be obtained for one or two silvers! I heard that there are many rich children, in order to be the leader in this poetry conference, so they do not hesitate to spend their own money to buy votes, spend a lot of money in the general casino, in exchange for a large number of votes, and then vote for themselves! In this way, the general casino has actually made a lot of money in this poetry conference, and the bonus of one thousand taels is estimated to have been earned back a long time ago, and it is many times more! Father-in-law Gao hurriedly helped Xiao Yao explain to Chen Xu that after all, he had also received a lot of benefits from Xiao Yao, so of course he had to speak for Xiao Yao now.

"Really? Haha, this Xiao Shilang is really a treacherous man, whether on the battlefield or in the shopping mall, he is always calculating others, and he is never willing to suffer losses himself! Chen Xu laughed and said, then rolled his eyes, clapped his hands and said: "Since the entire Jinling, and even the entire Chen Kingdom, are now paying attention to the finals of this poetry conference, and it has brought so many extra profits to the general casino, then of course I must also take action to show my support for this poetry conference!" ”

"Spread my will, and move the final of this poetry conference to the Taiji Hall in this palace! The time is set for the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th! On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will also set up a grand dinner to invite all the imperial ministers, talents and celebrities, as well as envoys from various countries to watch this poetry conference together, so that everyone in the world will know that our Dachen is full of talents, Wensheng Wuchang! Chen Xu said with a laugh. Grave

"Moving the finals of the poetry contest to the palace and allowing these talented people to have a chance to face the saint will surely make them all ecstatic and infinitely grateful to Your Majesty! Then the general trading house, do you want them to go into the palace together to assist in the organization? After all, it was they who held the conference, and they have already held ten preliminaries, and the manpower and experience are ready-made! Gao Gonggong took advantage of the situation to remind Chen Xu and said.

"Of course, they need to help, and they will help with all their might! Now that they have reached the finals that have attracted the most attention, how can there be a reason for them to be the shopkeeper of the general firm! And they all spent so much money on me, don't they want to contribute! Not only do I want the people of the general firm to enter the palace to fully assist, but this Xiao Shilang will also enter the palace together at that time, after he was dismissed and removed from his post by me, as a civilian, I really can't summon him into the palace to discuss the Northern Expedition, after all, Wu Mingche has been asking for him to be reinstated and take on the Northern Expedition, which shows that this Xiao Yao is still very strategic in military affairs! And before everyone said that he was quick and articulate, and even Master Bao Liang was defeated under his hands, when the time came to this poetry conference, I really wanted to see how Xiao Shilang was able to write and become poetry! Chen Xu stroked his beard and said with a wicked smile.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Gao Gonggong immediately patted his ass and said, thinking that if he told Xiao Yao the news later, Xiao Yao would definitely give him a lot of things!

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Sure enough, when the finals of the poetry conference were held in Chen Guo's palace, as soon as the news was announced, the entire Jinling people were boiling, and the ten talents who had already entered the finals were already so excited that they burst into tears!

Born in poverty, there is no money to buy votes, and they are completely relying on their own strength to promote the talents, thinking that as long as they show their faces in front of His Majesty this time, even if they do not win the ranking, they will be leaping into the dragon gate in the future, and they will be on the rise, after all, they have recited poems in front of the emperor and revealed their talents! And a few days ago, there were many wealthy families of the noble clan who showed favor to themselves, saying that they wanted to marry their daughters to themselves and bring themselves under their door! In short, although the finals have not yet been held, it can be said that he has successfully changed his fate by relying on this poetry conference, got out of the cold door, and joined the ranks of the scholars!

And those children of wealthy families who spent a lot of money to buy votes and let themselves advance to the finals shouted that the money was well spent! Although it has cost a lot of money to advance to the finals, even more than a thousand taels of bonuses, but now I can show my hand in front of His Majesty, show my talent, and with my family background and connections in the DPRK and China, if I win the ranking in the competition, as soon as Your Majesty is happy, I will marry any princess or county lord to me, then I will not become a concubine, and our family will also become a relative of the emperor, and the status will be more prominent!

Of course, there are many poetry conference losers who are very annoyed and regretful, and some complain that they didn't play well at the beginning, resulting in being eliminated! Some people slapped themselves a few times, regretting that they were reluctant to spend that money to buy votes, resulting in their failure to advance! But they all had a common action, that is, they all went to the general trading house and kept asking when the second poetry conference would be held!