The next day, I heard the Jingyang bell ringing, shaking the entire Bianjing City, the first large-scale imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty to the last part, that is, the palace examination, the Tang Emperor Li Jing personally came up with the questions, personally interviewed the candidates.

There are many people who are already familiar with the whole Bianjing City, such as Yu Yunwen, Li Yi, Ye Hao and others have a lot of poems have been passed out, which has attracted the prostitutes of the Qinglou in Bianjing to sing, this is the rule of Bianjing, and even during the palace examination, when the official family appoints the champion, it may be influenced by the people.

"I heard that His Majesty was originally preparing to drive the royal family to levy gold, and it was because of me that I stayed in Bianjing, which shows how much Your Majesty attaches great importance to us." In the square in front of the Taiji Palace, Li Yi's face flashed with glory, looked at the Taiji Hall in front of him, and said, "I'm afraid that only today will I pay so much attention to us." In the future, as officials, we must fulfill our duties, be loyal to the court, and serve His Majesty as a shepherd. ”

"Brother Li said this, Your Majesty is benevolent and virtuous in the world, and he is the first Ming Jun throughout the ages, and we are waiting to serve the Ming Jun, which is our honor, if you are not loyal to Your Majesty, why read the book of sages? Ladies and gentlemen, if someone turns their backs on Your Majesty and the court in the future, don't blame me for being rich and unsympathetic. Fu Kunshan, who ranked fifth in the top class, glanced at everyone coldly, as if he was the new champion of this one.

Yu Yunwen looked at everyone's expressions, and immediately shook his head slightly, these people thought that they were the champions, but they didn't know who the real champions were, and they would definitely not look at the talents of these guys, and the Tang Emperor would not make superficial decisions. Following Li Jing for so long, Yu Yunwen knew that although Li Jing was not a reckless man, he could definitely not be regarded as a literati, and even he didn't like that kind of pure literati in his bones. It is almost impossible to get the top prize with your own poetry and essays.

It's just that he won't say these words, and even Li Jing won't say them. But as an outstanding talent, I know what Coco Li really needs.

"Your Majesty has a decree to pass on the new science and technology to meet you!" A shrill voice came, and I saw the drum in front of the hall sounding again, Yu Yunwen and the others did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stood up according to the ranking of the examination, Yu Yunwen was the first, Ye Hao was second, Li Yi led hundreds of candidates to the Taiji Hall again, although everyone was still full of spring breeze just now, but at the moment they were uneasy in their hearts, no matter how talented these people were, but in the face of the Tang Emperor, the king of a country, they were even more uneasy in their hearts, for fear of being rude.

Everyone knows that if the examination is based on talent, but in the palace examination, talent is secondary, and more importantly, the saint, His Majesty the Emperor sees whoever is comfortable, who may be the champion.

In the main hall, Li Jing smiled, looking at the scholars who gradually walked in, more than 200 people were mighty, but there was a bit of momentum, but the Taiji Hall was relatively large, and most of the people who could enter it today were above the Shangshu level, and the huge Taiji Hall was still a little empty.

"Look, the future of the Tang Dynasty is coming." Li Jing pointed at the oncoming Yu Yunwen and smiled.

"Looking at these scholars, the ministers realized that they were already old, and Your Majesty's future courtiers are probably among these scholars in front of you." Li Fu said with a smile. There are talented people in the country, Li Fu doesn't feel jealous, thinking that he has become the king of the county, what is there to be dissatisfied with?

"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." At this time, Yu Yunwen led everyone into the main hall, knelt on the ground one after another, and shouted long live.

"Haha, get up! Seeing you, I thought of what Emperor Taizong said back then, all the talents in the world are in my hands! The same is true now, I control the Central Plains, the Jin people are in Hebei, and Zhao Gou is in Jiangnan, but among the students who took the exam today, there are those from Jiangnan and some from Hebei. Li Jing said with a slight meaning: "However, although I can get your trust, but in the end, it is the imperial examination, and it will also govern one side in the future, so it is not only necessary to have literary talent, but also to have the ability to govern the world." This literary style, you have all been examined, and you can stand out among 10,000 people, which shows that your literary style is absolutely good, this last one will test the policy theory, the topic of the policy theory is very simple, you will all be officials in the future, just take a county as an example, how to be a good county order. "Governing the world does not need articles, what is needed is capable talents, and what Li Jing needs is not a county order that talks empty words, but a county order that can govern one party.

How to be a good county magistrate?

The boss of the people in the hall suddenly opened their mouths, and the general policy topics are relatively broad, or they are more correct, or they sing praises of virtue, or they are strategic essays on water conservancy, land, taxation, etc., like Li Jing, the topic of how to do a good job in a county order is unheard of, and people don't know how to write.

"You scholars, like to point out the country, let me see, your real talent, write and read casually, don't have any scruples, you walk into the Taiji Palace, you are already officials of the imperial court, this time more than 200 students, most of them will become general judgments, after a period of time, they will become county orders, shepherds." Li Jing saw everyone's hesitation, but smiled and said: "Don't think that the official of the county order is small, but the county order is the most important official of the Tang Dynasty, what is the impression of the people below of the Tang Dynasty, will they support the Tang Dynasty, will they rise up, in fact, it is all in the county order." That is, the current minister of Zaifu has entered the Kirin Pavilion in order to enter the Kirin Pavilion, but in the future, Zaifu must have the achievements of the county order. ”

"Your Majesty." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, they can be officials anyway, even if they don't write well, it doesn't matter. Some people are starting to work on content, and some are even starting to write.

Li Jing's words shocked not only these scholars, but also the officials below, in their opinion, in the final palace examination, where do you need to come up with such a difficult topic, it looks empty, but it is not empty at all, but it looks very practical, and it is very difficult to write, and it is not inferior to the topic of the examination. Everyone also began to think about it, although these people are high above and can handle political affairs with ease, but it is not a simple matter to really want to be a county magistrate.

"Your Majesty, this topic is not simple, isn't it?" Zhang Xiaochun said in a low voice. He used to be the prefect of Taiyuan, and it was extremely difficult to deal with the affairs of a mansion so complicated that it was extremely hard for him to write it in a few hundred words.

"If it's simple, how can you be the champion. As long as you find the most important point, it will be almost the same. Zhao Ding shook his head and said in a low voice.