The water moon continent is vast, and there are constant wars all year round, if it is only by people to transmit news to each other, it will definitely delay a lot of fighters, so people have cultivated a signal eagle that can transmit news to facilitate timely communication between countries.

Of course, this method is rarely used when the two armies are in a confrontation, because there are many sharpshooters in the army, and it will be troublesome if they are discovered and intercepted by the enemy.

Although orcs do not have this way of transmitting information, since they are called beasts, they can control many animals for their use, the most powerful is the wolf, and it is an important source of information for them for thousands of years.

Ye Chen stayed in Lanmu Mansion in the past few days, and asked Yang Bin about many things that he needed to pay attention to when he went to the capital this time, and no one told him anything related to either Wang Zhitian or Yu De before he came.

Only the letter handed to him by Wang Zhitian the day before leaving, but there were only two words in the letter.

Now that he finally met someone who could help him, Ye Chen naturally would not let it go, and he benefited a lot in a few days, whether it was the secrets of the court or the strength and position of the various forces in the Qi country now.

The most important thing is that he now knows that the quota in his hand is so important, according to what Yang Bin said, he said that he was going to participate in the palace test, that is, let him and Emperor Qi and Fang, and the people of the Liu family conduct the martial arts test, and win or lose are considered to be passed.

Ye Chen, who knew the truth, was speechless for a while, thanks to the fact that he kept looking at the palace examination questions in recent years during this time, and he kept recalling the classic poems in his own world before he crossed over, just so that he could pass the palace examination smoothly and not be eliminated directly.

For this reason, he also complained to Wang Zhitian several times in private, knowing that this palace test was so important, he didn't give him some hints, and directly let him come over.

"No wonder none of them worry about themselves, it turns out that this is just a formality." Ye Chen muttered in a low voice.

But if you think about it carefully, in the years when the battle was most serious, the children of these generals' families, even if they read books, were the art of war, who would chant poems every day.

If they really want to take the palace exam with this group of candidates, I am afraid that they will not be able to pass one for decades.

But in general, this news is still very important to Ye Chen, although the time to know the news is a little late, it does make Ye Chen breathe a sigh of relief, and finally he doesn't need to read those poetry allusions every day.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that he looked the same as him when he let him read with red makeup some time ago, and now let him persist in various training every day, if he is asked to study the Four Books and Five Classics every day, it is estimated that he will be driven crazy in a few days.

"Uncle Yang, since you can directly appoint a general in wartime, why do you have to come here to participate in the palace examination, it's just a formality, isn't it redundant?" Ye Chen asked, after he understood all this, he still couldn't understand a form, why he was so serious.

"Although this is just a formality, it is not an ordinary form, the pass rate is 100%, but the ranking is very particular." Yang Bin replied.

Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, and continued to ask: "Please also ask Uncle Yang to elaborate, since everything has passed, is the reward for the first place different from the last place?" ”

"This is natural, do you know that the Ministry of War is not under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister and anyone else in the other five ministries?" Yang Bin asked rhetorically.

"This naturally knows that the military department only obeys the orders of Emperor Qi and the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, but what does this have to do with the ranking of them." Ye Chen replied.

Yang Bin nodded and said that what Ye Chen said was right, but when he heard Ye Chen's question, he immediately sighed and said: "What you said is good, but the general doesn't seem to have told you anything, since the military department is independent, it is natural to choose the squire monk of the military department, and the number of places decided in this palace test will affect the number of officials in the military department in the future." ”

"Needless to say, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses has always been a close confidant of Emperor Qi, even if the person sent by the time is the last one, this will not change. So the focus is on the three of you, the first family can directly appoint someone to be the secretary of the military department after reporting to the imperial court, and the second family can appoint someone to be the squire of the military department, and the last one has nothing. ”

"The general has not sent anyone to participate in it for so many years because he has no heir, so there is no Wang family in the military department now, as long as you can get the first place this time, the secretary of the military department must be held by the general's person, and no one can object, unless it is to make the Wang family famous."

Ye Chen's heart was already turbulent at this moment, although he didn't know what the content of the martial arts test was, but since it was a martial arts test, he was completely confident that he would win the first place.

The first place has such a big benefit, no wonder Wang Zhitian values himself so much when he knows that he is good, so it is.

Now everything can be explained clearly, Wang Zhitian wanted him to participate in this palace test from the beginning, especially after he defeated Ma Long, Wang Zhitian valued him even more, even if there was no Xia Ningdie, Ye Chen would be sent by Wang Zhitian in exchange for a place in the military department.

Wang Zhitian once told Ye Chen that the Wang family had no one in the military department, and Ye Chen thought that after the Wang family had an accident, those people took the opportunity to frame the Wang family, so the Wang family was like this.

But he knows now that that can only be regarded as part of the reason, the most important reason is that the battle more than thirty years ago almost wiped out the Wang family, leaving only Wang Zhitian to escape, Wang Zhitian was entangled in resentment at that time, so he has not married and had children until now, and there is no suitable candidate next to him, so after such a long time, the military department is naturally occupied by the other two families and the royal family.

This time, Wang Zhitian knew that his limit was approaching, in order to let Ye Chen pass the palace test safely, he did not hesitate to show most of his hole cards, the purpose was to make his enemies dare not attack Ye Chen, otherwise he would be dead and broken, and if he didn't want to fight Linzhou, he would also kill in the capital to avenge Ye Chen.

That's right, Ye Chen didn't encounter any danger along the way, and even when Ye Chen went to someone's territory, those people had to be extra careful to protect him, in case Ye Chen had an accident in their territory, they couldn't afford the consequences at all.

The role of the Ministry of War in the present is the other party, Liu, and the Wang family are the most important places, there is no one, if it is not for Wang Zhitian who has completely mastered Linzhou now, and now there is no person from the Wang family in the Ministry of War, then it is impossible to develop like this.

Because in addition to the royal family, all the materials such as grain and grass and military salaries of the three armies are controlled by the Ministry of War, and the Wang family has not had anyone in the military department for decades, resulting in all the military salaries and grain and grass belonging to the Wang family army being swallowed by the Fang and Liu families.

Otherwise, the two of them would not have enough financial support to develop in Liuzhou, but now it is naturally a matter of course.

(To be continued.) )