[Everyone walking by, don't forget to throw the counting tickets]

After several days of intense scheduling, the sound of the horses' hooves of the heralds was heard on the official road, and the garrisons along the Yellow River all drove out of their garrisons one after another, and together with the people brought by the local government, they inspected the suspicious places one by one, and once the eggs were found, the soil was cut open and burned.

In this war of people and insects, the people everywhere have used their strength to defend the fruits of their labor, they did not have such an opportunity before, they can only watch the locusts devour their own blood, but now the emperor takes the lead, the army helps, and the enthusiasm of the people to kill is very high.

Zhao Zhen's personality belongs to the kind of person who likes to seek stability, even if he looks at the daily reports sent from all over the country, saying how many locusts are eliminated, it seems that the form is very good. However, he did not let his guard down, and in order to be able to show unparalleled foresight in the first hurdle that he might encounter after ascending the throne, he even ordered the fleets of Tianyou Hai Trade and Yan Huang Hai Trade to suspend their operations, and first concentrate on purchasing a batch of grain from Cham and Chenla countries just in case.

Zhao Zhen stood on the wharf in the capital, looking at the cargo ships full of grain, either unloading at the shore, or continuing to advance towards Luoyang, his heart was full of pride. In these ships, although they have different names, the crew below doesn't know that in fact, half of them are secretly controlled by the current queen. Even some peers who usually have a bad relationship with the opposite Taiwan don't know that a certain node above them is actually together.

As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart!

Zhao Zhen feels this way at the moment, no matter whether the "locust sweeping operation" is successful or not, as long as he can make the people not starve to death when the famine occurs, then he will create a miracle, and his prestige will also spread all over the world, laying a solid foundation for his long-term plan.

After seeing all this, Zhao Zhen rushed to the Royal Academy next to him with a good mood.

Today is the day of the scientific examination stipulated by Zhao Zhen, and more than 2,000 candidates, except for a few who choose to quit automatically after reading stupidly, there are nearly 1,500 people who finally rushed to the Royal Academy. However, Zhao Zhen still asked Cai Qi to bring those losers with him, although they did not have the opportunity to participate in this imperial examination, Zhao Zhen still decided to give them another choice.

After Yan Shu led a large number of candidates to salute him, Zhao Zhen was still standing on the stage and posing, still not wanting to speak, just nodded at Xiao Shunzi.

This kind of shouting hard work must have to be Xiao Shunzi's turn, and he did not hesitate to moisten his throat, and then raised the horn and shouted: "All the candidates have heard clearly, in the first twenty days, those who have violated the will of the Holy One have stood up for themselves!" ”

As Zhao Zhen expected, none of the people present chose to stand up, even those who committed fouls thought that they were very secretive and could not be discovered, and they were still very calm.

Xiao Shunzi looked at Zhao Zhen and saw that he didn't say anything, so he had to shout again: "Say it again, foul man, hurry up and stand up yourself!" ”

Everyone remained unmoved.

At this time, Zhao Zhen stood up from the seat, glanced around, and said in unison: "I have already given you a chance, but you didn't seize it, don't blame me for being ruthless!" I hate unruly people the most, do you know how trivial things that seem inconspicuous to you can affect this society? I have come to tell you that if you do not punish you for your foul today, you will take this luck with you in the future, and you will be complacent with your own cleverness, and you will never reflect on your mistakes.

At the same time, your behavior is extremely unfair to other people who follow the rules, and may induce them to break the rules in the same way as you. In this way, one day, will my Great Song be filled with unruly guys like you? I don't dare to think too far ahead, and I'm not sure if this day will come, but I can't let this bud sprout under my eyelids!

I hope you do it well! ”

Those who committed the foul saw that Zhao Zhen had said a lot of big truths, but he didn't make the slightest specific move, and he couldn't help but put back his heart when he mentioned his throat.

But they apparently forgot that there is an idiom called "salute before soldiers"!

Zhao Zhen sat back in his place and asked Xiao Shunzi to call Cai Qi over.

"Your Majesty, your name is a minister?" Cai Qi asked.

"Hmm!" Zhao Zhen nodded, and took out a stack of papers from his arms and handed it to him: "Let's read it to the big guy!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cai Qi respectfully took the stack of papers, glanced at the contents of the first one, and his hand couldn't help shaking.

Zhao Zhen: "Hold it firm, don't miss it!" ”

"Yes...... Cai Qi nodded hurriedly, turned around and wiped his sweat before reading: "Candidate No. 0045 accepted money from a servant at three o'clock on June 2 and rode to the capital; Candidate No. 0718 was driven to Beijing by his father at night on June 5; Candidate No. 0376 went to Beijing on June 4 on a cargo ship pre-purchased by his scholar ......"

Half an hour later, Cai Qi finally finished reading all the paper in his hand, and his mouth was about to smoke, while the person who was named was in a cold sweat on this hot day.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have finished reading." Cai Qi returned the stack of papers to Zhao Zhen again.

Zhao Zhen: "What Lord Cai read just now, I think everyone here must have heard it clearly!" According to my previous order, all violators will be stripped of their fame and will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for life! ”

His cold words finally broke the last trace of luck of those people, which was tantamount to a life sentence for scholars, and many people could not stand the blow and fainted to the ground, or stood there blankly, their eyes empty.

Zhao Zhen still said lightly: "Okay! After dealing with these discordant things, I am talking about the main thing, the final results of this imperial examination are composed of two parts, one is what you have just experienced along the way and how you performed, and the other is the results of the next examination. The question of this exam is very simple, which is to test some basic knowledge of arts and sciences and write a reflection of your own journey. Now you can go to your own classroom to answer the questions according to your own numbers, and I wish you all good writing! ”

After sending away the candidates who were nervous in their hearts, Zhao Zhen ordered the guards to wake up the guys who were lying on the ground.

Zhao Zhen: "Although what you have done has made me very angry and embarrassed to be a scholar, it is indeed not easy for me to remember that you have studied hard for ten years, and I plan to give you another chance!" ”

There's a play! As soon as they heard this, these two words popped up in everyone's minds, and then they were dizzy and didn't cry, and they didn't cry anymore, and they looked at Zhao Zhen with blank eyes.

"But ......" Zhao Zhen came out of his mouth with these two hateful words: "Don't think that I will let you participate in the imperial examination, don't even think about it!" I have a staff officer position in the Qilin Guard, who is responsible for the logistics and tactics of the army, and assists the general in managing the affairs of the army. Now that the field army is being rapidly reorganized, I also want to set up a staff department, so I give you such an opportunity, if you are interested, you can go to the Privy Council in ten days to take the selection examination. By the way, I would like to remind you, don't underestimate the staff officers of the army, even those of you who claim to be elites, not everyone can get in, think about it! ”

Within a few days, the Royal Times focused on this incident, and there was no *** power in these years, and the Royal Times insisted on reporting truthfully to all the violating candidates by name. At this moment, they were all on fire, and the fire shook the entire Great Song Shilin.

As a result, some people choose to commit suicide, some choose to remain incognito, and some choose to give up on themselves. And even the families of those candidates who helped cheat were in pain, and the proportion of people who really chose the Tao pointed out by Zhao Zhen was very small.

All in all, the impact of this incident exceeded Zhao Zhen's expectations, and it also underestimated their dedication to the imperial examination, and he even thought of the college entrance examination in his own era from this incident, and the madness of those candidates and parents was no less than the scene in front of him!

After Yan Shu learned about this, he found him and chatted for a while, quoting scriptures and classics, and persuading Zhao Zhen not to offend the candidates, let alone lose people's hearts. Maybe his idea is good, maybe he is doing his duty as a prime minister, after all, this society does still rely on many scholars as the skeleton, and you must not be careless!

However, Zhao Zhen thought about all kinds of strange appearances in his time, it was simply a mixture of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, even if someone wanted to do something serious, they had to dye themselves as abnormal as them first. Society is big and small, so big that no one can control it, and as small as a bad habit can cause a series of social problems in the future. Zhao Zhen thinks that he has no ability to transform a society with a bad heart, so he can only choose to eliminate those bad reasons and create a good atmosphere for the people under his rule.

So, he had no choice but to be ruthless and let the more than 100 candidates become the "chickens" who were set an example.

After solving the fraud in the science field, Zhao Zhen shifted his focus to disaster prevention. After half a month of "locust sweeping operation", the effect is still relatively remarkable, and many locusts are still killed in the state of larvae and eggs.

Here, there is one thing that has become the hero of the locust sweeper, and that is the chicken! This chicken is not the "chicken" that was set an example in front of him, but a serious chicken. Zhang Rou's newly built breeding center outside the capital, with the help of the government, reached an agreement with the people in various places in a very short period of time. The Siqi breeding center provides chickens to everyone free of charge, so that the people can raise them on their behalf, and after the locust plague, they can buy these chickens at a low price, or they can return the chickens and keep the eggs.

This move not only gave the locust sweepers an additional new force, but also caused a sharp increase in the number of ordinary people raising chickens, and by the way, improved the living standards of the people a little.

In short, under the command of the imperial court system, this locust plague did not show a tendency of tribulation, except for small incidents in various places. Coupled with the sufficient food prepared in advance, Zhao Zhen did create a miracle of not starving to death under the locust plague!

This also made him a figure that the people talked about, and it has endured for a long time, and the deeds of resisting the locust plague have also been included in the history books by later generations. The two candidates inadvertently discovered that they not only saved the people, but also achieved themselves, and soon they both made it to the top of the list.

However, what Zhao Zhen didn't expect was that although he prevented natural disasters, he still didn't avoid **.

Originally, Zhao Zhen mobilized ships to hoard a large amount of grain for emergency purposes. Unexpectedly, this became an opportunity for those grain merchants to hype up, coupled with the fact that the people's sense of security was relatively low, and they couldn't stand the fright, and it soon evolved into a large-scale rush to buy. Although Zhao Zhen greeted him first, in the face of interests, there are always some people who can't control it and want to risk their lives. And they not only have luck in their hearts, but also think that the law does not hold the public accountable.

Although Zhao Zhen arranged for the granaries in various places to release grain in time and quickly suppressed the price of grain, this kind of red fruit slap in the face still made Zhao Zhen angry.

As for the consequences!

Except for a few broken bottles inside the palace and a bunch of heads outside, there was actually nothing else. Those who should be scolded are still scolded, and those who should be praised are still praised.

Xinghua passed noisily for a year, and just after the change of the year name, there was a case of fraud and profiteers in the department, which was known as the "Xinghua Second Case" in history.

Zhao Zhen finally passed the New Year, he thought that he would survive the locust plague, and the next year would be easy and relaxed, but sometimes this god always likes to backfire! (To be continued.) )