"Dare to ask Your Majesty, why did only eighty-nine candidates be admitted this time?"

One of them, a young man dressed in white, walked out of the crowd and asked Zhang Lingyang.

"Bold!" Seeing that this scholar was so rude, Sun Sheng couldn't help but snort coldly.

"It's okay!" Zhang Lingyang shook his head with a smile, signaling that Sun Sheng didn't have to make a big fuss.

Looking at the white-clothed gentleman, Zhang Lingyang asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Weichen Huizhou Juzi Su'an!"

"Suan?" Zhang Lingyang nodded, "I remember you!" ”

Looking at Su An, Zhang Lingyang asked, "Su An, I ask you, what is the purpose of the imperial examination?" ”

"Naturally, it is to select talents for the imperial court!" Su An replied.

"I ask you again, does the imperial court have a clear rule that says how many talents must be selected for the imperial examination?" Zhang Lingyang asked.

"Not really!" Su An shook his head, but then said: "But according to the previous practice, every time you take the test, the imperial court has to select about three hundred scholars.

Now, His Majesty has selected less than a hundred.

Weichen dared to ask Your Majesty, isn't Your Majesty afraid of the cold hearts of the world's scholars? ”

"Chilling?" Zhang Lingyang's face became a little cold, and he stared at Su An and asked, "If you are a person with no virtue and no talent, what is the use of selecting more?" ”

Su An was seen in a cold sweat by Zhang Lingyang, but he still said boldly: "That's because there is a problem with the exam questions from Your Majesty, it's not that the scholars are not virtuous and talented!" ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang sneered and said, "Do you have to choose a topic from the Four Books and Five Classics, so that there is no problem?" ”

"It's nature!" Su An nodded and said: "In the previous scientific examinations, the topics were all selected from the Four Books and Five Classics.

Now His Majesty suddenly came up with a practice, and the ministers were unprepared, so they missed! ”

"You're going to make excuses!" Zhang Lingyang smiled indifferently, "Then I ask you, if you fight with the enemy and the enemy launches a surprise attack on you, do you also blame the enemy for the failure?" ”

"Your Majesty, although Weichen is down, he doesn't bother to compare with those Qiu Ba!"

Su An's words completely angered Zhang Lingyang.

But Zhang Lingyang still held back the anger in his heart, sneered, and asked: "Since you are from Huizhou, then I ask you, how many people are there in Huizhou?"

How much arable land do the unemployed people have? How much tax do people pay each year? ”

Hearing this, Su An couldn't help but be stunned, his forehead was full of fine sweat, and he said directly without thinking about it: "The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is Yili."

Weichen has also read the books of sages, how can he open his mouth and close his mouth to speak for profit? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang laughed completely angrily, and scolded him: "I see that you are incomplete and indistinguishable, and what nonsense do you say, 'The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable'."

According to what you say, the princes of the imperial court, together with me, are all villains who only talk about profit!

Sun Sheng, pass the decree, Huizhou will raise his son Su An, immediately go to raise people's fame, and the court will never hire him! ”

"Slaves obey!" Sun Sheng bowed and nodded, waved his hand, and ordered someone to drag this Su An down!

"Your Majesty is a faint king!"

Su An yelled, and when Zhang Lingyang saw this, he shouted: "Cover his mouth for me!" ”

Seeing that Su An was dragged down, the scholars below were talking for a while.

Looking at those scholars who were talking, Zhang Lingyang laughed in his heart.

After everyone quieted down, Zhang Lingyang glanced at everyone one by one, and said loudly: "Fang Cai's words, I am not only asking that Su An, but also asking you.

Do you know what the people of your homeland eat and drink every day? Can you know what taxes the imperial court collects every year? Do you know that the treasury is now beyond its means?

Without saying this, I will ask you again, if you are an official, do you know how to handle the case? In the face of natural disasters, how to keep the people from starving to death?

Does any of you know? ”

The soldiers below were silent, and one by one lowered their noble heads.

"The imperial court's selection of talents is not to select those who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains, but to select those who can benefit the people, the locality, and the Great Zhou.

If you can't do it, I advise you to put out the idea of gaining fame as soon as possible! ”

"Of course!" Zhang Lingyang took a deep breath, changed his words, and said: "I didn't say that I would not let you participate in the imperial examination, but I hope that after you go back, you will take your eyes off the books and put your eyes on the people and the entire Great Zhou."

I hope to see you again in three years' time.

But next time, I don't want to see any more candidates who can only memorize.

When the time comes, if anyone dares to talk nonsense and talk in generalities, I don't mind removing your reputation! ”

"Sun Sheng, go back to the palace!" Glancing at Sun Sheng, Zhang Lingyang turned around and walked towards the palace without looking back.

The scholars outside the palace gate were still in shock.

Of course, they were not shocked by Zhang Lingyang's heart-to-heart.

was shocked by the meaning of Zhang Lingyang's words.

The phrase "the gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable" is from the Analects, but it is what Sage Confucius said.

Now, they have been vetoed by today's son, how can they not be shocked?

When he came back to his senses, he was naturally excited, rushing to the palace gate, shouting "We want to see Your Majesty", "What Your Majesty just said is insulting to the saint", "Please apologize" and so on.

Zhang Lingyang, who had just walked into the palace gate, heard the sound outside, his brows furrowed deeply, and he stopped and said to Sun Sheng: "Immediately notify Han Xiao, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, that all the people who make trouble outside the palace will be sent to prison and removed from their reputation, and the court will never be hired!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Sheng couldn't help but be stunned.

Sun Sheng never expected that Zhang Lingyang would dare to play so big.

"What, you old dog also have an opinion?" Seeing that Sun Sheng was stunned, Zhang Lingyang's brows couldn't help frowning again.

"The slave doesn't dare, the slave will do it!" Seeing that Zhang Lingyang showed signs of anger, how dare Sun Sheng hesitate? hurriedly replied, and hurried out of the palace to the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard Commanding Envoy......

After a pillar of incense, the outside of the palace gate was completely cleaned.

However, the outside of the palace gate was clean, but the ministers of the court were completely boiling.

"Your Majesty, how dare he ......" In the Hanlin Academy, several scholars and attendants of the Hanlin Academy were shocked when they heard the news.

"Your Majesty's actions are becoming more and more absurd!" In the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, several elders also had a lot of discussions about this.

"Your Majesty is so mediocre, is it impossible for me to die in the sky?" In the Inspectorate's Courtyard, dozens of imperial historians gathered together, and they were also shocked after hearing the news.

"We will unite and enter the palace together tomorrow to make a statement to Your Majesty, and we must ask Your Majesty to take back your order. Otherwise, Da Zhou is in danger! ”

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