Wu Ming continued to talk eloquently, saying: "Carp is difficult to raise, but it is not for other reasons, it is still in the water, some people blow what carp out of the Yellow River, saying that the Yellow River carp is the best, in fact, it is not hype and marketing, if you really want to eat, you still have to eat after the fish pond, raise it yourself, at least clean, wild carp, it is difficult to say what parasites there are."

Wang Daren didn't look at the fish, but peeked at the exam paper from time to time.

Wu Ming looked at him and said, "Isn't it a little inexplicable?" In fact, carp and people are the same, they all depend on the place to survive, canal carp, Yellow River carp, are the same thing, well, if you don't go abroad, no one knows what will happen, however, carp jumping over the dragon gate This easy to cast is good, you just finished the exam, you need to supplement nutrition, try it. ”

Wang Daren smiled reluctantly, and said, "Thank you, Elder, it's hard for the elder to arrange it like this, Wang should have thanked the elder." ”

This is not bad, Wang Daren was favored by Wu Ming before, according to the rules of this era, the name of the protégé cannot run, that is, people say something, even if they put their lives in, they have to finish this matter, which is also Wu Ming's gag order, otherwise, the candidate was late, did not enter the examination room, but was rescued by a passing nobleman, entered the examination room, completed the imperial examination, if he became a jinshi again, it is almost a good story recited by 10,000 people.

Wu Ming said: "It doesn't matter, what you eat and drink in the future is not our salary?" There's no need to take this money to invite us to dinner, huh. ”

Wang Daren was panicked for a moment and said, "After all, the student's test paper has not been judged yet. ”

Wu Ming looked at his eyes and said: "Ha, juanzi, what is this, well, to tell you the truth, your paper yesterday, the final score was good, 84 points, based on this alone, you can almost enter the top ten," following Wang Daren's eyes, looking at the test paper, he said: "The handwriting is very beautiful, at least it can make those calligraphers who are rich in money shy, what is rare is that there is something to say, it is very good, at least it is not a rotten Confucian who only reads dead books, I don't say anything empty words, I can't give you the first grade, but in the top few rankings of the second grade, How to look at it, there are also you. ”

Wang Daren was overjoyed for a while, and said: "This is really too grateful, too much, now, the others have just handed in the papers, and this word is spreading, but I am afraid that it will hinder the discussion." ”

This first, is the top three, the so-called champion, Bangyan, Tanhua, almost the world's well-known, and the second class of dozens of people, is also a very powerful ranking, almost all can be determined, the future of the future is promising outstanding figures, after all, even if it is a jinshi, it is also a parallel and dry goods characters, and the top dozens of characters, basically no parallel goods, are very shrewd characters.

Wu Ming said: "This kind of thing, we are all about it, you don't have to care about it, do you think we care about other people's tongue chewing?" It's still fearless. ”

Wang Daren looked at this fierce response, he didn't feel anything in his heart, he only felt excited in his heart, but he always tried to maintain it well, not to show his inner restlessness, for a person who has already regarded himself as an official, frivolous and impetuousness is definitely a taboo, where dare to be like the one in front of him, unscrupulously and directly pull a specially promoted candidate, come over and say, confirm his ranking?

When these words spread out, it almost made people think that he was engaged in a black-box operation and sold his official beard, although this is very nonsense.

Wang Daren suddenly knelt down and said, "Xiaguan...... Students should repay the elders for their kindness to the death. ”

He has also been in the imperial capital for a few months, and he also knows that these people like to call themselves elders, but they are not informal, they are willing to talk to the peddlers and pawns, and they are very bold in doing things, and they are almost the masters of this imperial capital.

Wu Ming looked at him, waved his hand, did not learn those hypocritical help to help him up, for him, these scholars to take refuge is a good thing, not a good thing, some private affairs are also convenient, not like the veterans, directly is the posture of a million army, but if it is too close, the government is not as simple as the army after all, complex and chaotic, in case a certain "protégé" plays off, he will cry when he catches himself, anyway, he does not need the filial piety of others.

He groaned for a moment and said slowly, "Get up." ”

Wang Daren got up, this time it's terrible, after this moment, he has completed the transformation from a civilian to a certain state machine parts, it is not simple, however, he still knows how heavy he is, he seems to guess that he was so solemnly found, and even the banquet was put on the table, and the official gave it, if this is money, his family can not afford it, and it seems that there are no big people in his family, the so-called Xu Guangqi, that is, a character who is countless times far, it can't be true.

It suddenly occurred to me that the person in front of me was much more handsome and fairer than him, could it be ......

Wu Ming didn't know that Wang Daren's heart had deviated to dozens of miles away, but his mind was similar, and he said slowly: "Okay, I just read this exam paper, and it also has something to say, but I want to ask, what is your true inner thought?" ”

Wang Daren knew that this was the real test, and once he answered correctly, it would be the smooth path of the imperial examination, and in case he said the wrong thing......

He gritted his teeth and said: "I came to the imperial capital here, and after buying a few books, I realized that the world is so big, and it is indeed overseas that there are mysteries, but, elder, you do say that the imperial court is going to open its borders to the outside world and expand its territory." ”

Wu Ming said indifferently: "Naturally, I'll give you a copy of the map that will be sold tomorrow, a very good world map, you can just take a look, as for you, do you have anything to say." ”

Wang Daren sighed and said, "The student just doesn't know what the elders are trying to do, so they don't know how to advise? ”

Wu Ming said: "It's nothing more than a belligerent and will die, that's it, but unfortunately, many scholars like to distort and pinch the head and end of the explanation, because the latter sentence, forgetting the war will be dangerous." ”

Wang Daren said: "But this death and danger, but different, the warmongers, waste national strength, only seek side merit, after the people have no gain, the people have no livelihood, but there are many stories ......"

He didn't dare to take Emperor Yang of Sui as an example, but I believe that there will be countless people who understand this truth, "And forgetting the war will be dangerous, but it is in the middle of the crisis, and it is not as difficult as the belligerents, besides, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the border passes have always been dominated by control, but it is not because, I don't know, if those places are occupied, what will happen after that." ”

Wu Ming glanced at the test paper and said, "You didn't say this in the paper, well, a thousand words, it's too late, go on, I like to listen." ”

Wang Daren seemed to be very grateful, and said: "Although we don't have the magical powers of your elder, and we have the divine artifact of the spaceship, we can go around, but the overseas territory is infinitely far away and the land is vast, and we don't know it, but it is not so easy to seize a piece of territory and govern and collect taxes. ”

Wu Ming nodded, did not speak, but saw that this Wang Daren seemed to be very devoted, and said: "There are many reasons, one is that the soldiers who seized that territory are naturally rewarded for meritorious deeds, high-ranking officials, but later generations are still hungry ducks, they look at their predecessors can be like this, but they feel nostalgic, but they may not be at ease guarding the frontier." ”

"You see."

Wu Ming wanted to jump up and slap this person hard, he could consider it from this aspect, he was already much stronger than the rotten Confucians, but he didn't expect to pick up such an understanding person.

Recently, when the Japanese invaded China, there were many low-level silk officers, relying on the lower grams to start a war, and at once in the hands of Zhang Xueliang, the second generation of unscrupulous bandits, they seized a large area of territory and promoted their official wealth.

Well, if you don't understand this image, please make up the process of a small Chihuahua biting a tiger, tearing desperately, and then being thrown to the ground by the tiger and ravaged.

Wang Daren said: "This is still second, if this Xinjiang is too strong, then it will have to be transferred, but once it is transferred, it will be coveted by neighboring countries, and it will be a loss." ”

Wu Ming said: "Reasonable. ”

Wang Daren looked at his face and didn't seem to be dissatisfied, so he said: "Actually, what the elder asked, thousands of years ago, the ancestors had already made it clear that the size of a country was already the limit when it reached the distance of the Heavenly Empire, and the newly acquired land, such as the countries of the Western Regions, was useless after seizing it, wasting national strength and stirring up unrest in the interior. ”

Wu Ming nodded and said, "I know a little bit about this, is there anything else?" ”

Wang Daren got excited and continued: "This is still second, the size of our country, the surrounding soil, it can be said that there is nothing comparable to our land, my family is in the south of the Yangtze River, already poor, a few years ago, there were distant relatives who said that in the east of the Fujian Sea, there is Xiaoliuqiu, some people cultivate the land, but the land is not taken care of food and drink, and in the end it is a failure to reclaim the land, and ran back to southern Fujian. ”

Wu Ming's face was a little uneasy, and he also understood what Wang Daren was saying, this Xiaoliuqiu is Taiwan, that is to say, in this era, the common people also understand the situation of living in overseas reclamation, but what they can't understand when they are killed is that they can't survive like this.

It's also normal, the seeds don't work, the fertilizers don't.

He secretly thought that the next wave of immigration should be after the killing of the Manchurians, and the exorbitant taxes were almost ten times that of the Ming Dynasty, so he brought up the second generation of Hakka people from all over the country to Southeast Asia, even if he knew that the white colonists killed people like cutting leeks, but it was ...... It shows that this Jurchen is more vicious than the white people!

Wang Daren looked at his face and said, "If the imperial court has so much money, which can allow them to cultivate land overseas until they can support themselves, then why not use this money for the Celestial Empire itself?" Otherwise, it's ......"

Wu Ming suddenly said: "Does your family have anything to do with the salt merchants and grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Wang Daren was stunned for a moment and said: "My family is a small family, and I can't know such a big guy." ”

Wu Ming said: "That's good, those big people, with high vision, don't look down on ordinary people, but also your creation, in fact, you have no noble relatives, it's also a good thing for you, okay, eat by yourself, wait for the natural car, send it to you a place to live." ”

Wang Daren said: "Ah, don't be busy, elders, students still have things, how much have to go back to report safety, go back to the inn to settle the bill with others." ”

Wu Ming said: "There is work to do." After speaking, he pointed to a box in the corner and said: "These books, read them before the palace examination, after reading them, remember to record some experiences, rest assured, there are no rare words, I have specially compiled them." ”

Wang Daren looked at it and said, "But ......" In his heart, he still wanted to go back and question Shan Liwen and the others, but when he saw this, he still couldn't.

Seeing him pick up his test papers, leave some books, and leave like this, Wang Daren didn't dare to keep it, and suddenly his heart moved, and asked, "Elder, I don't know why you let students read?" ”

Wu Ming turned his head, glanced at him, and said, "For the sake of only one China in the world." ”

"For the sake of the world there is only one China." Wang Daren read this sentence, although he did not fully understand its meaning, but in this sentence of subdued and frustrated words, it contained infinite power, he recited it many times in a row, and suddenly understood that this meant something, and just wanted to say something, Wu Ming had already withdrawn.

Wu Ming looked coldly at the subordinate sent by Wang Jian, and said: "Send it to that courtyard, don't let him contact the outside world, this is not a trivial matter, before the palace test, don't let anyone know about him." ”

"Yes."

This kind of system is actually not bad, Wu Ming secretly thought, no matter what, his power has not been weakened, and he is destined to have potential influence in the cultural cause of the future empire, so what else to say.

The palace examination is the last hurdle of the imperial examination, before in the Gongyuan examination, become the so-called Gongshi, and finally entered the Baohe Hall examination, the so-called Gongyuan determines the identity, Baohe determines the ranking, the Gongyuan just ensures that you are admitted to the Jinshi identity, and obtains an approximate ranking, if the results are excellent in this case, the examiner will look at you differently and give some attention, and in the palace examination, the emperor personally invigilated the examination, naturally the emperor and people discussed, who is the first, the second, but can not run.

Of course, the entire imperial capital, that is, Wang Daren, who was surprised and frightened, knew the news of his victory in advance, and everyone else was with some kind of wild excitement, at this time, it was all night, among all the talents, a kind of agitation was infected, just like the students who tore the books after the college entrance examination, of course, no one will really tear the books, that still has to be passed on to future generations, but what people do is basically higher than tearing books......

Shan Liwen returned to the inn, the first thing was to pack up the salute, immediately check out and leave, of course, the reason is naturally to want to go to the inn, in fact, the candidates who can live in this inn tonight, basically none of them are still in the inn, when they are waiting for Shan Liwen to go through the formalities, they are in groups of three or five, with a mysterious and yearning look to leave, naturally go to the eight alleys to be presumptuous, whether it is the Qinhuai River of the Nanjing exam, or the eight alleys, the student economy is not simple every few years, Tonight's destined joyful cannon sound shook the sky, even if you didn't pass the exam, you can go home and brag about it, the girl who was in the imperial capital back then.

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