I want to see who this Xu Leshui is.

Wang Ying thought to himself, so he quickened his pace.

In his heart, he has another plan.

Today's Cangguo, under the impact of the meritorious lord system and the imperial examination system, the old aristocracy in the past has completely lost its advantage, and the head of the family is no longer equal to the status of the imperial court, that is to say, after he resigns and removes the position of the head of the family, the situation of the Wang family will become difficult.

If you can have a good relationship with the celebrity in front of His Majesty the Emperor in advance, you will be able to pull the Wang family at a critical juncture in the future.

This is the connection, and it is also the advantage of the children of the Wang family to enter the court as officials in the future.

So, after finding Xu Leshui, he slightly mentioned the situation of meeting the emperor today, and made a summary according to the manuscripts left by Yang Mu, so that Xu Leshui had a scale in his heart and gave him a creative direction.

Three days later, Wang Ying brought all the characters on the paper list to the Zichen Palace.

Xu Leshui's heart was very excited, like most scholars who entered the palace to face the saints, there were both surprises and trepidations in their hearts.

When he saw Yang Mu, Xu Leshui prostrate on the ground and stammered: "Grass people Xu Leshui, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

"Grass people?" Yang Mu looked at him with a smile.

In Cangguo, as long as a person who has studied in Taixue in Cangcheng, he can be regarded as participating in the imperial examination, and he is out of the category of ordinary people in terms of political status, and he can be called a scholar.

Generally, they all claim to be students.

Why?

Because Taixue was founded by Yang Mu, at the opening ceremony of each year, Yang Mu will personally appear to teach and encourage, so in a sense, the students in Taixue are all protégés of the emperor, and when they meet the emperor as commoners, they can call themselves students.

Obviously, Xu Leshui also realized this, and knelt on the ground with a red face and didn't dare to speak.

Yang Mu shook his head with a smile, raised his hand and said, "Get up." ”

Xu Leshui dared to get up, handed over the manuscript that had been prepared in his hand to the eunuch and handed it over, and then stood bent down, not daring to come out.

In fact, he still thinks that the things he wrote are all ninth-rate learning, and those "Analects", "University", "The Mean", "Mencius" and so on taught in Taixue are far from each other, at most they are absurd stories, there are more loyal monarchs, patriotism and benevolent and filial piety thoughts, I really can't think of why His Majesty the Emperor chose his stories instead of those fables that preach the virtues of human nature.

Thanks to his story, there is an implicit idea of loyalty and patriotism, otherwise, I am afraid that he would not even have the courage to speak at this time.

Just when Xu Leshui was suffering from gains and losses, he saw Yang Mu look at his manuscript and nodded: "Yes, it is easy to understand, the length is not long or short, and the portrayal of the characters is also very profound." ”

This is...... Praise?

Shen An next to him was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Xu Leshui who was standing in the hall as if he was trembling with a surprised gaze.

You must know that in the past, His Majesty the Emperor summoned a certain person, and he never praised him so face-to-face, even the last time Zeng Thirteen was discussing the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, His Majesty the Emperor did not say any words of praise because of any wonderful point.

When Xu Leshui heard this praise, he was also very excited, standing in place and not daring to look at it, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

And at this moment, he saw Yang Mu looking at him with interest and said, "Do you like it on weekdays?" ”

"Yes, yes, students like to watch the Three Kingdoms and the like on weekdays, and they also like some myths and monsters......," Xu Leshui stammered.

Yang Mu nodded, and then asked, "Have you heard of Sima Hong's deeds?" ”

"Sima Hong?"

Xu Leshui was stunned, not understanding why His Majesty the Emperor would summon him and ask Sima Hong's name.

Sima Hong, one of the six generalissimos, has been serving around since His Majesty first ascended the throne, step by step to the generalissimo who now commands 300,000 horses, his life experience in Cangguo, that is a household name, even seven or eight-year-old children, can be like a number of treasures.

After thinking about it, Xu Leshui said: "Generalissimo of the White Tiger Legion, General Sima Hong...... Students have heard of it. ”

"Good." Yang Mu nodded and said with a smile: "In last year's battle of the Jin Dynasty, when Generalissimo Sima Hong crossed the river, he used a special lamp that could fly to the sky to command the whole army to cross the river, and attacked the enemy army by surprise, giving the Jin army heavy losses, have you ever heard of it?" ”

"Students have heard of it." Xu Leshui nodded and said.

You must know that to this day, this matter is still the after-dinner conversation of the people of Cangguo, especially the magical lantern that can fly to the sky, which makes the people very curious, and most of them think that it is a fabricated statement to spread falsehoods.

"Now, then, I tell you that the kind of lamp that can fly to the sky really exists...... Well, in this case, you can use General Sima's strange plan to cross the river as the theme, and make up an interesting story for me, and write it here. Yang Mu said with a smile.

Such a story?

Xu Leshui's eyes lit up, writing stories or something is his strength, before he was worried about writing big characters and causing criticism from the government, so the stories he wrote were not real, most of them were some market things, and now His Majesty the Emperor asked him to write a story about Generalissimo Sima Hong, and there is a prototype to test, it is simply easy.

"Yes!"

Bowing and saluting, Xu Leshui, under the leadership of the eunuch, sat on a desk next to him, dipped his pen in ink, and waved his pen on the paper.

Yang Mu watched from the sidelines and couldn't help but be amazed.

Indeed, this person named Xu Leshui seems to have been born with a home.

So, he explained the key again, and asked him to portray Sima Hong as a generalissimo who defends the family and the country, and is brave and strategic.

"Excellent! Very good! ”

After watching it for a while, Yang Mu stroked his palms and admired, he was very satisfied with this story, the story is not very long, at best it can only be regarded as a short story, but the story is very successful, the characters are also very full, and the spiritual outlook of the soldiers of the Cangjun Army is also very impressive.

In Xu Leshui's heart, he understood something.

I couldn't help but admire in my heart, Your Majesty is worthy of Your Majesty, and it is really remarkable that you can think of this.

You don't have to think about it to know that this story will be promoted on a large scale by the Ministry of Rites, and I believe that it will not be long before it will spread all over the world.

And he, Xu Leshui, not only became famous with this story, but also became a useful person in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, and he will definitely not be treated badly.