On July 5 of the first year of Longxing, the much-anticipated Jiangdu imperial examination officially opened.

The liberal arts examination room is set up in a military camp outside the west of Jiangdu City, and there are 400 examination rooms, each examination room can accommodate 50 candidates to take the examination, and there are special personnel management outside the examination room.

Since this is the first time that this system has been implemented, the number of candidates is relatively large, so it takes about an hour for all the candidates to take their seats.

Knock knock knock!!

The three-way drum sounded, and the invigilators in the examination room got up one after another, and quickly distributed the test papers in their hands to each candidate's desk.

The exam is divided into three sessions, pasting scriptures, composing poems, and asking questions, of which sticking scriptures is the basic skill, mainly depending on the candidate's usual reading, while composing poems and asking questions is to test the candidate's true level and adaptability. Yang Gao set percentages for these three exams, of which 60% were for counseling, 30% for poetry, and 20% for posting, and finally the total score was comprehensively calculated and the best were admitted.

Halfway through the examination, Yang Gao came to inspect the examination room under the escort of more than a dozen guards, but his main purpose was to find Zhang Juzheng, who was summoned a few months ago.

Sure enough, in the twelfth examination room, Yang Gao saw that the roster in the invigilator's hand clearly wrote Zhang Juzheng, number 2724, ancestral home in Jiangling.

What made Yang Gao even more ecstatic was that there was another person's name on this roster, Fang Xuanling, number 3192, whose ancestral home was Qi County.

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The liberal arts examination room in the west of the city is silent, while the martial arts examination room in the east of the city is in full swing.

The martial arts department is divided into five subjects: horse warfare, infantry combat, mounted archery, infantry archery, and Tao Strategy, of which Tao Strategy is a special treatment, and candidates can choose not to take the test, but if the candidate Tao Strategy one subject is passed with full honors, they can also choose not to take the remaining four subjects.

The test on the first day is foot shooting and salvo, the test method is relatively simple, within 100 steps of three arrows one arrow hit the bull's-eye is over, three arrows do not hit the direct elimination. This is also the reason why it is difficult to cheat in martial arts, shooting is shooting, shooting is not shooting, even if you know the test method, it is useless.

Among them, the most conspicuous is a silver-armored young general, who has three arrows in a row and passed the bull's-eye, which caused a lot of applause from the candidates in the examination room.

The day's exam is over soon, there is still one day tomorrow for liberal arts, and there is also one day for martial arts, but the number of candidates for martial arts has dropped sharply from more than 10,000 to more than 4,200, and the list of outstanding performers has also been presented to Yang Gao.

"Su Lie? Li Jing? ”

Yang Gao saw the list of outstanding candidates presented by the martial arts examiner, and caught a glimpse of these two names at a glance, and was stunned for a moment, and asked eagerly: "Is this Li Jing a character pharmacist, a person from Yongzhou?" Is Su Lie a fixed word, a person from Jizhou? ”

The examiner was obviously taken aback, and it took a long time before he replied, "Back to Your Majesty, it is true!" ”

Yang Gao calmed down his excited heart a little, and said in a deep voice: "You immediately invite these two people for me!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

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About half an hour later, Li Jing's master and apprentice came to the Jiangdu Palace under the guidance of the original examiner, and after being reported, they were led into Yang Gao's imperial study by several eunuchs.

Looking at the two people who slowly walked into the imperial study, Yang Gao secretly opened the system, and said concentratingly: "Test the ability of Li Jing and Su Dingfang for me!" ”

"Ding-dong...... Li Jing's peak ability was detected, with 100 commanders, 79 in force, 96 in intelligence, and 91 in politics. At present, the fourth dimension is at its peak. ”

"Ding-dong...... Su Lie's peak ability was detected, 97 in command, 96 in force, 90 in intelligence, and 87 in politics. At present, the fourth dimension is at its peak. ”

"Sinner Li Jing see Your Majesty!"

Li Jing walked to Yang Gao's case, and before Yang Gao could speak, he knelt on the ground and called the guilty minister, and Su Lie, who was behind, hurriedly followed the master and knelt on the ground, calling the guilty minister.

Yang Gao was stunned when he heard this, and said with a slight smile: "Sinner, what are the crimes of the two of you?" ”

Li Jing arched his hand and said: "The criminal minister Li Jing was originally a Mayi Juncheng, after Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, the criminal minister went to Chang'an to defect to His Royal Highness the Acting King, but Li Yuan was powerful, Chang'an was finally lost, and the criminal minister had no choice but to come to Jiangdu, seeing that His Majesty opened the imperial examination to select the first ability, in order to wash away the shame in Guanzhong, the criminal minister dared to participate in the martial arts!" ”

Yang Gao smiled slightly when he heard this, "Two Aiqing, please hurry up, you have traveled thousands of miles from Guanzhong to Jiangdu, and your loyalty to the Great Sui can be revealed." In the battle of Guanzhong, Li Yuan took advantage of the time and place, how can the two of you be blamed for the loss? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Hearing this, Li Jing and Su Lie hurriedly stood up and stood aside with their hands down.

Yang Gao looked at the two of them a few times, and said with a smile: "Two Aiqing, several examiners of the martial arts department all respect the two, especially Li Aiqing, they all say that you are a handsome talent that is unique in ten thousand!" Then I'll test you, Li Aiqing, what do you think I should do if I want to revive the Great Sui? ”

"Wechen obeys!" Li Jing arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Guanlong Li Yuan should be His Majesty's primary enemy, but Li Yuan is now sitting firmly in Guanzhong, with full wings, and it is not an overnight thing to destroy him. Therefore, Weichen thought that His Majesty should actively develop his own strength, and the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River did not go through a big war, and Weichen thought that His Majesty's current focus should be on the land of Jiangnan! ”

Li Jing paused for a moment and said, "After pacifying Jiangnan, the Central Plains is Your Majesty's next target, although the Wagang Army is powerful, but one mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers, Li Mizhai let the two of them be on fire one day, no matter who wins or loses, the Wagang Army will be greatly injured, as long as Your Majesty seizes the opportunity, the Central Plains is at your fingertips." The Central Plains must be, ten points in the world, and six points in His Majesty. His Majesty only needs to recuperate, and when there is a change in the pass, he will destroy Li Yuan with the power of thunder. ”

"What the pharmacist said is extremely true!" Yang Gao said, "But what does the pharmacist think is the most changeable factor in the guan? ”

Li Jing frowned slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the most unstable factors in Guan are Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng and second son Li Shimin. ”

"Why?" Yang Gao was taken aback when he heard this, as a traverser, he naturally knew about the famous Xuanwumen Change, but Li Jing was not, now that Li Yuan had been emperor for only a few months, the contradiction between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng could not be manifested so quickly.

Li Jing didn't notice Yang Gao's surprised eyes, and said lightly: "Weichen has dealt with Li Yuan for many years, this person is loyal on the surface, but in fact he is insidious and vicious. Weichen heard that Li Yuan conspired against Li Yuan and named his second son Li Shimin as the king of Qin, and Li Yuan was the capital of Guanzhong, and Guanzhong was the land of Qin in ancient times. According to the etiquette law, only before the crown prince is canonized, he can be crowned the king of Qin. ”

Yang Gao frowned when he heard this, "Could it be that Li Yuan wants to change Li Shimin as the crown prince?" ”

Li Jing shook his head, "If Li Yuan really wants to make Li Shimin the crown prince, he can just make a decree when he conspires against the emperor and becomes the emperor, why should he make Li Jiancheng the crown prince again?" ”

Yang Gao was confused, "Then why is Li Yuan?" ”

Li Jing replied in a deep voice: "Weichen thinks that Li Yuan is deliberately provoking the two sons to fight, so as to consolidate his throne. Li Yuan's eldest son, Li Jiancheng, is almost thirty years old, such a prince is too old, Li Yuan is afraid that this old prince will have other thoughts. Therefore, deliberately supporting Li Shimin, with an opponent, Li Jiancheng will not have any ideas! ”

Yang Gao suddenly realized when he heard this, and said earnestly: "Once people's ambitions are aroused, how can they be so easy to quell? Li Yuan, this is playing with fire! ”

Li Jing nodded, "Weichen once taught Li Shimin the art of war for a few days when he was in Bingzhou in the past, and the second son is talented, but he is by no means a person who is willing to be subservient to others, as long as it is long enough, these two brothers will definitely fight for the throne." ”