"Ruan Shaozhou, Your Majesty gave you the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you originally did your best and served the country loyally, but you didn't want you to hide evil intentions, favoritism, as a first-class member, know the law and break the law, what crime should you be guilty of?"

Facing the questioning of Xu Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, chuckled lightly and said indifferently, "The official doesn't know what Lord Xu is referring to, but the official heard that Lord Xu secretly transferred several nephews from the clan to the Ministry of Officials as officials and awarded them the rank of Seven Grades. ”

"Lord Ruan, don't divert the topic," Zou Dan, the Taifu Temple, opened his eyes slightly, and said lightly, "What I'm talking about now is ...... something that will be tried."

Before he could finish speaking, the eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled, shook the folding fan lightly and said coldly, "Lord Zou's words are wrong, as the so-called name is not right, Lord Xu, as the secretary of the ministry, is in charge of the dispatch of officials in various states and counties in my Great Zhou Dynasty, but he takes advantage of his power to seek benefits for the clansmen, so can it be said that the name is justified?" ――What do you think of Sister Mai? ”

Liang Qiu Wu is not as eloquent as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but her deterrent power is far stronger than the latter, I saw her snort lightly and said coldly, "As Lord Xu just said, knowing the law and breaking the law will increase the crime!" ”

Her compelling momentum made Xu Zhi, the secretary of the ministry, change his face slightly.

This......

What's going on?

It's just a palace test, why could it cause such a turmoil?

Imperial Doctor Meng Rang looked at the important ministers in the palace in amazement, and he was really a little confused.

Ruan Shaozhou, from Yipin, the Ministry of Rites, was a student of the Prime Minister of the Dynasty......

Liangqiu dance, from the second grade, the military department of the military department enshrined, one of the four towns of Jijing, the commander of the Shenwu Battalion of the 20,000 Eastern Army, the general, and the future Dongguo Gong......

The eldest grandson Xiangyu, although he did not take the official position, but the power is not trivial, his grandfather is now a first-class minister, prime minister Yingong, and his father is from the second grade, the head of the military department Sun Jing......

The eldest grandson family and the Liangqiu family, two of the five wealthy families in Jijing, although the relationship between the two families is good on weekdays, they have never had any tacit understanding in the government, what is wrong today?

Wait a minute......

As if noticing something, the imperial historian Meng Rang turned his head and glanced at Xie An quietly.

At the same time, the people on the prince's side obviously couldn't win the eldest grandson Xiangyu in the debate, and they were red-faced by her sneering.

"Do you want proof? Okay, this prince gives it to you! Glancing at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the crown prince Li Wei looked back at the emperor and arched his hand and said, "Father, the son has sent someone to send someone to the collection department of the Ministry of Officials, and the files of the rest of the candidates for the examination have all the certification documents that have passed the township examination in various places, but this Xie An has no traceability, not only has not passed the certification documents of the Guangling Township Examination, but even the archives are not!" - Ruan Shaozhou, Lord Ruan, you tell Prince Ben, why is this? ”

Ruan Shaozhou frowned slightly when he heard this, secretly shocked.

The prince actually secretly sent someone to investigate my Ministry of Rites, but I, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, didn't know it, could it be that there are thieves in my Ministry of Rites secretly communicating with the prince?

Looks like I'll have to check it out when I get back......

Thinking of this, Ruan Shaozhou smiled slightly and said, "My Ministry of Rites has always presided over the examination, and there are countless files in the collection department. ――Why don't you go back and personally lead His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to check again? The implication of his words was to secretly ridicule the people sent by the prince as thieves and did not dare to investigate carefully.

"Another day? No need, if you get a fake file to fool the prince, will it be difficult for the prince to go to Guangling to find the local officials to confront him face-to-face? ――Just today, right now, this prince will give you half an hour, if you can bring this Xie An's file documents, then that's it, otherwise, this prince will be involved in your crime of favoritism! ”

Ruan Shaozhou frowned deeply when he heard this.

As for whether there are any archival documents about Xie An in the Collection Department of the Ministry of Rites, he can still be unclear?

To be honest, he can make a fake archival document and stamp it with the official seal of the Ministry of Rites, but what is the use of that? What is most needed at the moment is Xie An's certificate of passing the Guangling Township Examination, and it must be stamped with the seal of the prefect of Guangling City......

All in all, half an hour, it's too late to fake!

Thinking of this, Ruan Shaozhou quietly glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, wanting to see what she could do.

In fact, the eldest grandson Xiangyu also secretly regretted it in his heart at the moment.

Speaking of which, she originally thought of it, but the bad thing is that in those days, she followed Xie An everywhere, playing with great interest, and forgot about it, and then, Xie An was assassinated and injured on the couch, where did she have the leisure time to think about Xie An's files?

Oops......

Even the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who is known to be anxious, will be at a loss, and as for Xie An, he still hasn't figured out what is going on, how does he know that the candidates who rushed to Jijing to take the examination from all over the country must bring the local certificate of passing the examination to the collection department of the Ministry of Rites, and after verification by the Ministry of Rites, it is confirmed that it is the prefect of each county and stamped it, so that the name of the person will be added to the quota for the examination.

As for Xie An's quota, it was added by the eldest grandson Xiangyu privately, and it couldn't stand the review at all, but fortunately, the Ministry of Rites was considered the power of the eldest grandson's family, so he secretly let him go.

"What's wrong? Can't take it out? Seeing that the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Ruan Shaozhou did not speak, the crown prince Li Wei showed a smug smile on his face, then turned to face the emperor, arched his hand and said, "Father, everything has been revealed!" ”

The Son of Heaven frowned when he heard this, looked back at Ruan Shaozhou, and said, "What is Ruan Aiqing's explanation?" ”

No way!

Ruan Shaozhou sighed secretly in his heart, knelt down in front of the Son of Heaven from the table, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty Mingjian, earlier Weichen had seen the archives of Guangling student Xie An, and there was indeed the seal of the Guangling prefect in them, so Weichen added his name to the quota for the examination, but for some reason, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't find it, and the minister thought that maybe someone had entered the collection department and moved the file of this year's candidates......"

It's not that he is talking nonsense with his eyes open, but now that he has reached the end, he can only bite his mouth and insist that he has seen Xie An's archives, otherwise it will really be a crime of deception.

As Xie An said, if it is found out, it is called a crime!

"What does Ruan Aiqing mean, it may have been lost?"

"Yes!" Ruan Shaozhou said in a deep voice.

"Ridiculous!" Prince Li Wei sneered and said mockingly, "Why are the files of the rest of the students in the Collection Division, but only the files of Guangling Xie An are missing?" ”

Ruan Shaozhou's face did not change, and said, "The prince asked well...... But Weichen doesn't know the specifics! ”

"That's dereliction of duty!" The prince said with a sneer.

Ruan Shaozhou frowned slightly when he heard this, he knew that no matter what, he couldn't run away from the charge of dereliction of duty, thinking of this, he sighed secretly, and knocked on the ground and said, "The minister is guilty!" Your Majesty, please condemn you! ”

"Hmm......" The Son of Heaven glanced at Ruan Shaozhou deeply, and now he has guessed a few points.

In fact, to be honest, although the Great Zhou calendar year is quite careful and strict about the examination, but there are still some cases of favoritism and fraud, after all, the Son of Heaven himself knows that people who only know that people who hold the four books and five classics and read to death, although they can pass the examination, but often do not play a big role, in the final analysis, it is only the ability of the eighth or ninth grade official, after all, geniuses like Yin Gong, Ruan Shaozhou, and Changsun Xiangyu can not be encountered every year?

It's a pity that it is the laws and regulations of the country handed down by the ancestors, even if it is the Son of Heaven, it must not be changed arbitrarily, otherwise, the Imperial Doctor will inevitably refer to the book, if he is the Son of Heaven, he will probably add a not very glorious stroke to the history books.

As for Ruan Shaozhou, to be honest, the emperor didn't want to punish him much, firstly, there were great drawbacks in the imperial examination, in his opinion, it was just a formality, and it was best to find a rare wizard, and it didn't matter if he couldn't find it, after all, the Great Zhou Dynasty was still supported by the family, not a poor family; As for the second, this Ruan Shaozhou is the emperor's most trusted courtier, the prime minister's student of Changsun Yin, and is considered a leading figure in the Changsun family.

Therefore, the emperor's tone when he spoke seemed so calm, but he could also see that his son seemed to want to suppress the eldest grandson's family, which made the emperor feel a little headache.

On the one hand, he is his son, and on the other hand, he is the student who trusts his courtiers the most......

At this moment, Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, who was sitting on the right side, stood up and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, then Xie An's archives are here with Lao Chen!" ”

How can it be?

As soon as these words came out, whether it was the people of the prince's faction, or Ruan Shaozhou, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and Liang Qiuwu, they were all stunned.

"In ...... In the hands of Lu Aiqing? The emperor was stunned, he really didn't understand it, after all, looking at Ruan Shaozhou's expression, he had already guessed the strangeness, but now the words of Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, made him completely confused.

"Yes! -- Xie Juzi had an old relationship with the old minister, and when he heard that he was participating in the examination, the old minister went to the Ministry of Rites, and when he left, he was negligent for a while, and brought out the file documents......" As he spoke, Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, took out an envelope from his bosom and asked the eunuch Wang to hand it to the Son of Heaven.

Facts have proved that the envelope not only contains detailed information about Xie An's past years, but also a document proving that he passed the Guangling examination, which proves that it is clearly stamped with the big seal of the Guangling prefect.

What's going on?

Ruan Shaozhou, who was kneeling on the ground, gestured to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the eldest grandson Xiangyu frowned slightly, glanced at Nanguo Gong Lu Song, and then looked at Xie An, who had a somewhat strange expression.

One of the four dignified towns in Jijing, Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, actually volunteered to help Xie An?

It's not good, the prince's side......

Looking at the unbelievable look of the crown prince Li Wei, the imperial historian Meng Rang silently looked at the central figure of this farce, Xie An.

The Liangqiu family of the Donggong Mansion, the Lu family of the Nangong Mansion, and the Sun family of the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion......

turned out to be the third of the five giants in Jijing, standing on the side of this inconspicuous kid......

At the same time, the Son of Heaven also glanced at Xie An quietly, then smiled slightly, bent down and handed the envelope in his hand to Ruan Shaozhou, and said with a chuckle, "Since it was Lu Aiqing's unintentional mistake, then Ruan Aiqing can't be blamed, Aiqing is flat!" ――”

"Your Majesty Xie......" Ruan Shaozhou kowtowed to thank him, then stood up, looked at the envelope in his hand with some confusion, and then looked at Nanguo Gong Lu Song, but saw the old man smiling at him.

Watching Ruan Shaozhou return to his seat, the Son of Heaven groaned, whispered a few words to the big eunuch beside him, and then announced the start of the palace examination.

After all, he had offended the Liangqiu family and the eldest grandson family, but he didn't want to offend even the Lu family of the Nangong Mansion.

When the Son of Heaven announced the start of the palace test, the old eunuch quietly came to the side of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and said a few words to her with his ear, and then the eldest grandson Xiangyu also replied with a few words, and everyone present saw this small move, but no one dared to speak.

"Please convey this to Your Majesty!" The eldest grandson Xiangyu said in a low voice.

The old eunuch nodded, returned to the Son of Heaven, and conveyed the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu to the emperor without moving, only to hear the face of the Great Zhou Tianzi moved.

What the?

Liang Qiu Wu's husband?

Ruan Shaozhou's students? And it was affirmed by his most trusted courtier, Changsun Yin?

That's amazing......

The latter is okay to say, what is going on with Liang Qiuwu's husband? Didn't the old guy in the Liangqiu family say that he didn't plan to marry his granddaughter? also repeatedly politely rejected his fourth son Li Mao's courtship, how could it ......

Oh yes, that old guy isn't in Jijing right now......

So, is that little girl looking for her own husband?

Thinking of this, the Son of Heaven looked at Liangqiu Wu with a strange gaze, and saw that she was dressed in a military uniform, very imposing, but she did not have the tenderness of her daughter's home, and secretly shook his head.

That doesn't seem right......

Hehe, when the old guy from the Liangqiu family returns to Jijing and sees his precious granddaughter suddenly having a husband, what will his expression be?

Thinking of this, the corners of Tianzi's mouth raised a little inexplicable smile.

Although he was quite interested in this matter, the palace test still had to be carried out normally, and for some reason, the Great Zhou Tianzi suddenly wanted to change the policy of today's palace test.

"You are all well-educated people, all of you are the pillars of my Great Zhou, do you think that as an official of the imperial court, what is the most important thing?"

His Royal Highness's students looked at each other when they heard this, and they must know that as an official of the imperial court, loyalty, talent, morality, integrity, reputation, etc., are all indispensable, so what is the most important thing to say?

"Loyalty?" A candidate said tentatively, and the Son of Heaven smiled slightly, noncommittal.

"Talent?" Another candidate replied tentatively, but the Son of Heaven still did not make any comments.

The students didn't know why they had such a question today, but after a few people tried to answer but didn't get a positive evaluation, the hall suddenly fell silent.

Seeing this, the Son of Heaven raised his hand and pointed at Xie An and said, "You come to answer my question!" ”

Obviously, he was using this to test Xie An's depth.

Xie An thought for a long time when he heard this, in fact, he felt that the previous candidates were right, but the Son of Heaven didn't seem to be satisfied......

Thinking of this, he stood up and arched his hand and said, "Back to Your Majesty's words, I thought it was self-confidence!" ”

"Oh?" Listening to that unusual answer, the Son of Heaven was surprised, and said with a chuckle, "How to explain?" ”

"Your Majesty, if one person has lost confidence in himself, how can he be qualified to be an official of the imperial court? If you are not qualified to be an official of the imperial court, even if you have no loyalty, knowledge, and morality, what is the use? ”

"Confident, hehehe, confident......" Da Zhou Tianzi muttered, and then glanced at Xie An.

To be honest, in fact, there is no absolutely accurate answer to this question, but the Son of Heaven just wants to use this to test Xie An to see how he will answer.

If the answer is loyalty, then this person is either a loyal person or an opportunistic and flattering fellow.

If you answer talent, it means that this person is quite confident in his own talents, and most of them are arrogant guys.

If you answer the question of virtue, it proves that this person is indeed a humble gentleman, but he is a gentleman who is not worthy of great use.

And so on for the rest.

Although there are drawbacks in it, at least a person's character can be roughly seen, but Xie An's answer was really unexpected by the Great Zhou Tianzi, making it difficult for the Son of Heaven to infer Xie An's temperament.

"The implication is that you are quite confident in yourself, huh?"

Xie An arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian, if one person has lost confidence in himself, how can he talk about anything else?" ”

The Son of Heaven chuckled lightly and said lightly, "What about one other!" ――If you have no self-confidence and no talent, you can't achieve great things! ”

"If you don't have self-confidence, even if you have talent, you will never be able to achieve great things! - Do you think Your Majesty? ”

"......" The Son of Heaven glanced at Xie An when he heard this, pondered it carefully, and felt that it was really the same thing, if there was a person who was not careful himself, and was afraid of wolves and tigers, even if this kind of person was talented, what could he do?

Thinking of this, the Son of Heaven nodded slightly.

"That makes sense!"

Seeing the Son of Heaven, he was speechless, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu secretly snickered, after all, Xie An's eloquence, she knew it in her heart, although Xie An suffered a big loss from her at the beginning, but after getting acquainted with it, sometimes even she was difficult to talk back, let alone others?

I have to admit that this son of heaven Li Ji is worthy of being the virtuous monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and after being refuted by Xie An, he did not show any anger, but frankly admitted that this instrument is far beyond the reach of the crown prince Li Wei.

"After you say this, I also feel that this self-confidence is indispensable, but are you so confident that you can be the official of my Great Zhou?"

"Then it depends on what kind of official position His Majesty has granted me!"

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"In my opinion, how can a person learn all the knowledge in the world if he lives for a lifetime, but only a few decades? This is something that even a saint can't do, so I think that it is better to specialize in one discipline and educate the people, then read Confucianism, judge cases and sentences, and then take the knowledge of Legalism, make the best use of things, and make the best use of talents, Your Majesty thinks? ”

"That's a good point!" The Son of Heaven nodded, the reason why Da Zhou wanted to set up so many options of questions in the examination was nothing more than to find the corresponding talented people, it was obvious.

"And what will you do? What can you do? The Son of Heaven asked again.

At that moment, Xie An hesitated a little, to be honest, he really didn't know what he could do.

However, Xie An also knows that this is like an interview, focusing on the first impression, not to say that you have to praise yourself as unworthy in the sky and unworthy on the earth, but at least give the examiner an impression that [this person is competent], on the contrary, if you say that you can't do it, then you won't, it's weird that people will recruit you!

Thinking of this, Xie An added fuel to what he was good at, only talking about it in a fanciful way, but it didn't seem too arrogant and disgusting.

The Son of Heaven listened quietly, and suddenly, he chuckled and said, "If it is really as you say, then you are really a rare talent...... In that case, do you think it is better for me to grant you a few official positions? - Don't be restrained, what rank you say, I will give you what grade! ”

The entire Baohe Hall was silent, and the crown prince Li Wei, who was still full of anger just now, unconsciously showed a look of schadenfreude when he heard the words, and the rest of the people in the hall also looked at Xie An directly, some worried, some frowned, some were surprised and surprised, some gloated, and some simply wanted to hear Xie An's answer, and so on.

Up to now, as long as anyone with a little eyesight can see that the Son of Heaven is testing Xie An, although he doesn't know what the purpose is.

What official he says, what official will the Son of Heaven appoint?

And this kind of good thing?

Wrong......

It's a trap!

The Son of Heaven is testing himself......

It is undeniable that with the words of the Son of Heaven, even if he says that he is a first-class official, most of this Son of Heaven will seal himself, and it is a big deal to cut the official tomorrow, anyway, the Son of Heaven has fulfilled his promise, but what help does this help him?

Could it be that he borrowed a day's prime minister from Yingong to have fun?

Xie An can be sure that if he doesn't know the current affairs and really asks the Son of Heaven for a high-ranking official, then in the end, most of the time it will be just a bamboo basket for nothing, and it will make the Son of Heaven unhappy with him.

But on the other hand, if you casually talk about a sesame petty official, wouldn't that be a self-defeating mouth? After all, I just said it to the Son of Heaven, and it was said clearly, and I was quite confident in myself.

Do you want to play with people like this?

Secretly glanced at Li Ji, the smiling and seemingly unpretentious son of heaven, Xie An's brain gradually oozed sweat.

He is worthy of being the king of a country......