After Song Yingxing returned to Wang Jingyuan's house, Xiao Mu originally planned to test it, and the steps to verify his identity could have been omitted, but what he had to do now was just to pull such a famous figure in history to his side, and it was serious to work for himself - in fact, the original meaning of this imperial examination was also this, but among those who did not pass the imperial examination, there were also talents who could bring great help to Xiao Mu, and it was also the kind of talent that those candidates who could pass the imperial examination often did not have. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, before recruiting talents, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi naturally wanted to give Wang Jingyuan and them some time to care about the results of the Song Yingxing Brotherhood exam, after all, from the morning to now, all the people in Wang Jingyuan's family were anxiously waiting for the results of the exam.

After the Song Yingxing brothers announced the regretful results, Wang Jingyuan's family suddenly fell into a burst of disappointment, in fact, Wang Jingyuan himself has been a little bit prepared for this regrettable news, thinking back to Zhao Qi's question just now, if the two Song Yingxing brothers really passed the exam, Xiao Mu Gongzi would definitely not hesitate so much, but would naturally share this good news with everyone in advance.

And Xiao Mu and Lin Yi were a little unimpressed by the disappointment that permeated the whole room, after all, they were people from later generations, and they directly crossed over to become the emperor and queen with theoretical supreme power, so they naturally couldn't understand the serious weight of the imperial examination in the local residents of Daming, and what it meant for the people of Daming to pass the Jinshi examination.

Xiao Mu and Lin Yi's "calmness" has another reason, that is, they came this time to give Song Yingxing a "big gift", as an existence that can dominate the future of the candidates who have fallen in front of them, Xiao Mu, who has decided to reuse this person, naturally can't understand Song Yingxing's own disappointment, because Song Yingxing didn't know that the "strange and obscene skills" he liked could even shock the emperor.

Finally, the disappointment in the whole room was almost brewing, and Xiao Mu began to recruit talents, "I heard that Mr. Xiao Song is quite accomplished in astronomy and geography, and the way things work, I don't know if that's the case?" ”

After Xiao Mu's question was asked, he found that there seemed to be a hint of embarrassment in the room in addition to the original disappointment, and it was obvious that his opening sentence did not have the desired effect, but seemed to be very out of place - but what was out of place, Xiao Mu himself was completely incomprehensible.

Song Yingxing was also embarrassed for a while, his face was a little red, and he didn't seem to know how to answer.

It was his brother Song Yingsheng who hurriedly stood up and spoke, which was regarded as relieving everyone - although everyone kept calling the person in front of them "Xiao Gongzi", they all knew in their hearts that this was the emperor today, and the question asked by the emperor was naturally always answered, no matter how uncomfortable it was.

Song Yingsheng replied, "What Xiao Gongzi said is good, my brother is a reading seed, and his talent is above me, but he refuses to work hard, but instead spends all his free time on those 'strange and obscene skills', so he failed to pass the examination one after another, and I have been admonished many times on weekdays, but I have not succeeded in ......"

Although the elder brother has already answered on his behalf, after all, it is the question of the noble "Xiao Gongzi", and Song Yingxing can't just keep silent and not answer, so he replied, "What my brother said is true, I don't study hard enough on weekdays, and it is reasonable that I failed to pass this test, and Song is ......convinced."

After listening to the answer of this pair of brothers, Xiao Mu understood what the embarrassment that filled the air just now was going on, the question he originally used as an opening statement was misunderstood by this pair of readers who failed to make the list.

Xiao Mu understood that Song Yingxing's brothers must have regarded what they had just said as the reason why Song Yingxing was not admitted, and at the same time, they should also feel a trace of irony, if they understood it from their point of view, Xiao Mu's question was undoubtedly a bit of a mockery of Song Yingxing's lack of business, and this time he was also to blame.

So Xiao Mu, who realized the existence of the misunderstanding, hurriedly remedied, but he didn't know how to speak for a while, for fear that the more he described, the darker and darker, and the misunderstanding would be magnified even more, and finally touched Song Yingxing's self-esteem and lost such a famous talent in history in vain.

"The situation of Daming has deteriorated in recent years, and the news of reduced production and no harvest in all provinces, states and counties has come, and your Xiao Gongzi is anxious about this matter." Fortunately, Xiao Mu was not the only one who realized the misunderstanding, and Lin Yi, who also understood the problem, saw that Xiao Mu didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he said, "Previously, Xu Guangqijin, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, dedicated his early book "Sweet Potato Shu", and is now working hard to cultivate cold-resistant and high-yield sweet potatoes to relieve the people of the world. ”

Lin Yi's two seemingly unrelated words naturally could not deepen the misunderstanding of Song Yingxing's brothers, and finally led the topic to the right track, so Xiao Mu also continued, "The imperial court is naturally to select talents to govern the country, so that the people of the world can have enough food and clothing. However, no matter how many talents there are to govern the country, if disasters continue every year, even if the ministers of the DPRK and China have the talents of the heavens and the earth, it will be difficult for them to cook without rice. Therefore, in my opinion, especially in the current difficult time of national strength, the kind of talents who can understand the principles of astronomical phenomena and the causes of seasonal climate, study labor tools that are more efficient than 100 times the human and animal power, and study high-yield and drought-tolerant grain varieties are more valuable than those who have passed the imperial examination and gone to the Hanlin Academy to do their studies. ”

"And Mr. Xiao Song, in my opinion, is the same as Xu Guangqi of the Ministry of Rites, with such talents, what the imperial court urgently needs, can make the people of the world live a good life, and let the courtiers who govern the country in the court have the talent to cook rice." Xiao Mu had even forgotten that he should use "I" instead of "I" in order to hide his identity, and paused before continuing, "Mr. Xiao Song, I wonder if you are willing to help me?" ”

The series of words of "Xiao Gongzi" and "Mrs. Xiao" in front of him made Song Yingxing feel very shocked, he never dreamed that the "strange and obscene skills" that he had been criticized for all his time and liked to study would be so valued by the current emperor, and it was obvious that the emperor planned to give himself a chance to display his interests and ambitions, Song Yingxing was stunned for a long time, and then instinctively accepted this opportunity, bowed down to Xiao Mu and said, "I am willing to do my best." ”