The students of the military academy slowly entered Beijing, and at the same time, many scholars who were ready to see the imperial examination also entered Beijing, and the price of Chang'an inn rose wildly for a while, and many Chang'an people made some small commodities at home at will, and sold them on the street, and made a lot of money, and since then the first batch of citizens in the real sense of the word appeared in Chang'an City.

The day before the imperial examination, Gantang also started school, Li Jun personally came to the opening ceremony, under the leadership of Dr. Yang Xiong, and browsed the scenery of Gantang again, at this time Li Jun had to admire the wisdom of the ancient craftsmen, carved beams and painted buildings, flying pavilions and flowing Dan, winding paths and secluded paths, small bridges and flowing water, step by step is the scene, so that Li Jun has a feeling of lingering, Li Jun smiled and said to Yang Xiong next to him: "Master Yang, Gantang is very satisfied with me, the following depends on your old man, you must cultivate more pillars for the country." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will not disappoint Your Majesty." Yang Xiong replied very seriously.

For Yang Xiong and Li Jun, he is still very relieved, with high knowledge, good character and high prestige.

So Li Jun nodded and said, "Master Yang, I have two poems for you, Lao Ji is a long way to go, I hope Master Yang will work for me for a few more years." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the old minister is ashamed." Yang Xiong hurriedly said modestly.

At this time, Dong Zhong next to him echoed: "Master Yang, you are so humble, Your Majesty, I think this sentence is just in line with Master Yang's current state." ”

Li Jun nodded and said to the doctors: "Master Yang is already old, and you gentlemen must help Master Yang manage Gantang well." ”

"Your Ministers obey." The doctors immediately said.

At this time, Li Jun and the others came to the open space, Li Jun clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, this is a gift from me to Gantang, come on, bring it up." ”

As soon as Li Jun's words fell, more than a dozen chamberlains carried a boulder and left, this stone was six feet long, seven feet high, and there was a piece of red silk cloth on it.

Li Jun pointed to the location of Datang and said: "You can see it clearly, this map was given to me by a stranger, this person's name is Li Xiaoyao, who claims to have traveled all over the world, I didn't believe it at first, but later I found many people to verify, and the area near my Datang is indeed as shown in the map, so this map can basically be considered real." ”

Yang Xiong touched his beard and said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect to the old minister's bluntness, Li Xiaoyao is unheard of by this old minister, where is he now, can you please come out and see him." ”

Li Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "This person's martial arts are extremely high, and my five thousand Imperial Forest Army did not leave him, General Ji Meng can testify to this." ”

Although Ji Meng was a little blind, he also knew that he must not dismantle His Majesty's platform at this time, so he immediately stood up and said: "What Your Majesty said is correct, the last general is incompetent, and the net of heaven and earth set up by 5,000 soldiers still let him escape." ”

At this time, Zhang Zhi also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, other local ministers don't know very well, but when my father was doing business in his early years, he once saw a poisonous person, and according to his description, the location of the poisonous country is not much different from this map. ”

Then several ministers came forward one after another, pointing out many places, and finally even the always taciturn Gao Zhe came out and said: "Your Majesty, the terrain of Beijin and Goryeo is the same as this map. ”

Seeing that Gao Zhedu was dispatched, everyone began to join in the fun, some people pointed on the map casually, and then proved that they had been to this place, Li Jun fixed his eyes, there was a guy who pointed casually, and actually pointed to Antarctica, isn't this, now in Antarctica except penguins, where are there people?

Li Jun immediately stopped everyone's words and said with a smile: "Master Yang, it doesn't matter whether this map is true or not, as long as I put it in Gantang, it can open the eyes of the students in Gantang and let them understand that there are still many unknown places in this world that we need to explore. ”

Yang Xiong replied with a smile: "Your Majesty's words are reasonable, just now the old minister was stubborn, the old minister will now declare this picture to be true, if anyone has any objections, that is, I can't get along with my old man, and the old man will definitely have a good argument with the other party, do you think?" ”

"This picture is a treasure given to me by God in the Tang Dynasty, congratulations to Your Majesty." As the youngest doctor, Yin Shijing was the first to speak.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." The crowd immediately chimed in.

In fact, everyone here is not a fool, everyone is a giant, if they want to be really real, Li Jun has nothing to do with them, but Yang Xiong can, Yang Xiong is a recognized grandmaster of all schools, what he said is the truth, if anyone disagrees with Yang Xiong's words, it is the public enemy of all scholars, and the final result is only to be nailed to the pillar of shame for the world to laugh at.

Li Jun was very grateful to Yang Xiong, the old man, for his support, so he arched his hand to Yang Xiong and said, "Master Yang, this picture doesn't have a name yet, why don't you name it after Master Yang?" ”

Yang Xiong thought for a while and said slowly: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, then the old minister will be ugly." ”

After speaking, Yang Xiong took up the pen and wrote down five big characters "Jiangshan Sheji Map".

Li Jun clapped his hands and said, "Good name, come here, engrave it, and then put this picture at the gate of Gantang." ”

"The old slave obeys." He Shen replied immediately.

As soon as He Shen wanted to take the piece of paper, he was snatched by Sima Da, and Li Jun said angrily: "Sima Da, what do you want to do?" ”

"How can such treasures be worthy of slaves?" Sima Da replied hard.

He Shen's face was pale and he just wanted to refute, but he saw Li Jun wave his hand and said, "Hmph, since this is the case, these words will be handed over to you Sima Da, remember that you must engrave them by yourself." ”

"It's a great honor." Sima Dale replied.

Sima Da's appearance of oil and salt not entering, the angry Li Jun brushed his sleeves away, Li Jun took the doctors to the largest lecture hall in Gantang and sat down, He Shen gave a cup of tea to everyone present with a very eye-catching eye, when he came to Xiao Wangzhi, Xiao Wangzhi smiled and said to He Shen: "Da Changqiu, Sima Da is this character, and he is spoiled by His Majesty, please don't blame Da Changqiu." ”

"Don't worry, the prime minister, the old slave is His Majesty's person, as long as it is beneficial to His Majesty, the old slave is not afraid of being broken, let alone being insulted by a few words." He Shen said in a low voice.

Xiao Wangzhi smiled slightly, nodded, and stopped talking.

At this time, Li Jun took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial examination is coming soon, I am very relieved, but there are still two things that I can't make up my mind about, and I need your help." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak." Everyone immediately replied that the literati's favorite thing was to give directions, and this time Li Jun was going to come up with a few things that were not painful to satisfy them.

Sure enough, hearing Li Jun say this, the doctors present immediately became energetic, sat upright in their positions, and looked at Li Jun hungrily.

Li Jun coughed and said: "The first thing is that there are too many people participating in the imperial examination this time, there are more than 3,000 people, and I only plan to admit 300 people, the most troublesome thing is that there is not such a big place in the capital that can accommodate 3,000 people at the same time, so I had to vacate the school field of the four battalions of the Beijing army. There will be no suspicion of indiscriminate filling. ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, and the minister agrees." Xia Houen of Confucianism was the first to come out and say that it is actually the most beneficial for Confucian people to do this, because they are many and are not afraid of elimination, and if they beat the master to death, there will always be someone who can enter the national examination.

The doctors of the Mo family, the Yin and Yang family, and the miscellaneous family frowned, feeling very uncomfortable, and Lu Hang, the leader of the miscellaneous family who had just returned to the capital to serve as a doctor, came out and asked: "Your Majesty, the minister has a question, please solve your Majesty's doubts." ”

"Oh, Lu Hou, please speak."

"Your Majesty, do you want to know what is being tested in the big exam now?"

Li Jun replied with a smile: "This is the second question I want to ask you. ”

Imperial Doctor Zhang An immediately said: "Your Majesty, the "Tang Law" is a must-test, I don't know how to govern the people by law? ”

Li Jun nodded and said, "Good." ”

Xiao Wangzhi also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that arithmetic is a compulsory subject, if a magistrate does not know arithmetic, he can't even collect taxes, what is the use of such a magistrate?" ”

Li Jun laughed and said: "The prime minister's words are really the words of the old man to seek the country. Xiao Wangzhi's words really went to Li Jun's heart, Li Jun didn't want to cultivate a group of nerdy officials like the Ming and Qing dynasties who only knew what to do.

Hearing these proposals, the faces of the Mo family and the others immediately turned cloudy, as we all know, there are many nerds, the Tang Dynasty is looking for Confucianism, and many Confucian scholars don't even understand the most basic common sense of life, let alone these things.

The Confucian people just wanted to stand up against it, but Li Jun said again: "Third, I am ready to follow the example of the ancients and do the act of seeking talent, that is to say, everyone must also write a strategy for the exam, there is no specific requirement for this, as long as it is in line with the national conditions, the current politics, and it is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty." ”

Confucian Dong Zhong and Xia Houen glanced at each other, and smiled secretly in their hearts, sure enough, it is the Holy Son of Heaven, the first two may not be good at Confucian scholars, but the last one is a mouthpiece, and Confucianism has not been afraid of anyone.

The meeting was held here, and everyone was almost too happy, in general, everyone has their own gains, but there will be no monopoly situation, which is exactly in line with Li Jun's original intention, and the rest is a good time for everyone to eat and drink, chat and brag.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Jun left early, facing such a group of old men, and he also attached great importance to etiquette, Li Jun was not happy to eat and drink.

After Li Jun left from Gantang, he turned to the Yulin Army next to him, Li Jun did not notify anyone, and directly broke into Wei Chaodong's handsome tent, and beckoned someone to bring him food.

After Li Jun had eaten and drunk enough in the barracks, he watched the drills of the Yulin Army and returned to the palace.