"Your Majesty, this is the champion you hand-picked." The scholar said with a smile.

"Jiang Qingliu? Which river is clear? The Emperor looked at the scholar in disbelief.

"The third son of the Xuanping Marquis family." The university scholar held the identity book for the examination and read word by word, "Seventeen years old, young and smart, good at management, when I was studying at the Mountain Academy, I applied for the special examination many times, and then gradually lost to everyone, but I still ······studied hard."

The emperor only felt that his head was buzzing, and he couldn't hear what the scholar was reading.

The champion he ordered turned out to be a heavenly spirit!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" The scholar looked at and listened to the life of the champion Lang without saying a word, thinking that the emperor was surprised by the age of the champion of the golden branch, so he said with a smile, "At this age, you have such a knowledge, and you can write such a strategy, it is really amazing, the champion of the golden branch deserves its name, congratulations to Your Majesty for being a virtuous person again." ”

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The emperor listened to the praise of the scholars, and his heart was mixed, and the Great Wei Dynasty, which was full of talents, actually let a chamberlain take the first place in the imperial examination and named the champion of the golden department!

And he ordered it himself! It's a joke!

What made the emperor even more angry was that he didn't know about Tianling's participation in the imperial examination!

When did Tianling participate in the imperial examination? He doesn't know anything!

No, didn't he go to Danzhou during the township test? How did you get in?

The emperor was puzzled in his heart, he just wanted to call the heavenly spirit to ask if it was a coincidence or he had painstakingly planned it!

"Your Majesty, the roll call has been completed, and the ninety-five Gongsheng Zhenghou are waiting for His Majesty's instructions outside the Tianqian Palace, according to the old system, it is time for Your Majesty to move outside the hall." The celebrant's chamberlain walked in and said.

The voice of the chamberlain pulled the emperor out of his thoughts.

"Let Jiang Qingliu come in, I have something to ask him." The emperor thought for a while and said, "The rest of the scholars will be admonished according to the official words of previous years, and rewarded one by one according to the old system, and then sent back to wait for the Qionglin banquet." ”

"Yes." The chamberlain went out as he was told.

"You all go back, you've worked hard for the past few days, go back and have a good rest." The emperor also said to the scholars who were standing below.

The emperor is going to summon the new champion alone, it seems that this champion has a bright future!

Several scholars thought so in their hearts, and after saying yes, they retreated.

Then hurriedly returned to the house, thinking while walking, and after going back, he quickly asked his wife to go to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion to ask if this champion had a marriage match! is different from the people who only know the name of the list outside, but these examiners have seen real people, and they look so handsome!

Gotta hurry up, in case someone gets the first shot!

Thinking like this, the soles of the scholars' feet were windy, and they walked fast one by one.

"Lao Li, what are you doing walking so fast? You don't have any unmarried daughters. ”

"My family doesn't have it, my brother's family has! It's you, didn't that girl in your family want to give it to the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Officials? What, changed your mind? You said that if the official department knew about this, would he tear you up when he saw you in the future? ”

"Lao Li, you have to be kind! If you dare to go out and talk nonsense, believe it or not, I'll tear your mouth right now! ”

"You're here! Look at your short arms and legs, can you reach my mouth? ”

"Hmph, you're long, you're long about everything, especially your face, especially long!"

"Forget it, I'm busy today, so I don't have the same knowledge as you."

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These two scholars are one short and the other has a long face, and they occasionally have different opinions on weekdays, and when they argue, they can maintain the gentleness and elegance of scholars, and they never attack each other's looks and figures, but today they actually attack each other's shortcomings.

The palace people who followed behind looked surprised, in order to compete for a champion who may not be his son-in-law, he didn't even care about his face?

In previous years, there were also champions, why didn't I see the scholars so excited?

Tsk, why is it getting more and more noisy? You can't do it, do you?

Oops! Stop! Don't fight, don't fight!

At this time, on the other side, the culprit who caused this fight, Zhuangyuan Lang Jiang Qingliu, was kneeling on the floor of the Tianqian Palace, bearing the wrath from the emperor.

"Say! Have you been planning this for a long time? The emperor asked, sitting on the dragon chair.

"Back to Your Majesty, no." Tianling denied it, just kidding, this kind of proposition, even if you kill it, you can't admit it.

"Then you explain and explain, you did the paperwork to move your household registration to Danzhou Township for the test, and told me to take care of the business, and took care of the head of the township test by the way? You're amazing! The emperor's angry voice changed, and he pointed at the heavenly spirit and scolded angrily, "How have I treated you all these years?" How dare you think of betraying me! ”

Tianling buried his head on the ground, but his heart gradually settled down, for so many years, he touched the emperor's temper clearly, and the emperor would not scold at all when he was most angry, but would not ask a word and dispose of people directly.

At this time, the emperor looked furious, but he did not let people drag him out, and gave himself a chance to defend himself, which means that there is still room for maneuvering.

"Your Majesty." Tianling raised his head and said with a firm expression, "Your Majesty is angry, you can punish me as much as you want, but you only betray one, and Tianling doesn't admit it!" The heavenly spirit has no two hearts for His Majesty, how can he betray him! Regarding the imperial examination, Tianling never wanted to deceive His Majesty. ”

"The matter of moving the household registration documents to Danzhou, it was the gentleman of the academy who told me that I had reached the age where I could take the exam, so I thought frivolously, after studying for so long, I went to try it to see how many catties and taels I had, but I didn't want to happen to have a problem with the business in Danzhou, so I had to go for a trip, counting the time, and after I went, I would miss the township test in the capital, so I moved the household registration to Danzhou."

"After dealing with the affairs of Danzhou, before I had time to report to Your Majesty when I rushed back to the capital, the test began, followed by the palace test······" Speaking of this, Tianling showed a very aggrieved expression, "How could I have thought that my knowledge of fishing for three days and drying nets for two days would be named the champion······"

"You mean it's weird?" The emperor sneered and squinted at Tianling, "Don't you say that I forgot, in the article on the palace trial strategy, you wrote that you were punished indiscriminately without anger, did you specifically write to exonerate yourself?" ”

"Your Majesty is aware of it, and the Heavenly Spirit has no such intention." Tianling said, "What is said in the Ten Thoughts is all in response to His Majesty's questions. ”

"What an answer to my question." The emperor's eyes widened angrily, and he became more and more angry when he looked at Shi Sishu, who was marked as first-class on the case, "Then I ask you, how should I deal with you in this matter?" ”

"It's all up to Your Majesty." Heavenly Spirit Dao.

"Dispose of it by me?" The Emperor was furious, "According to me, I should have dragged you out and cut you down now!" ”

Speaking of which, Tianling's heart finally fell to the ground, and it seemed that among the two identities of Tianling and Jiang Qingliu, the emperor already had a choice. This life is saved.

Since there is no danger of life, let's be arrogant!

"Your Majesty is reluctant." Heavenly Spirit suddenly raised his head and looked at the emperor.

The emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then sneered, "Are you crazy? Can't I bear it? What kind of thing are you! ”

"When Tianling was still young, thanks to His Majesty's refusal to give up, he was able to run a business for His Majesty and earn a little money, at that time I was thinking, Your Majesty is really a sage and a wise monarch through the ages, and even people like me can be reused." Tianling spoke, "Later, when I got older, I knew a word, which is called making the best use of things and making the best use of people's talents. ”

"Your Majesty, if the Heavenly Spirit can win the champion, does it mean that he has a certain amount of talent?" Tian Ling didn't wait for the emperor to answer, and said to himself, "Since Tian Ling is a talented person, how could the sage and Ming Jun kill him for no reason?" ”

"I think that the reputation of a sage and wise monarch can trap me, so I won't kill you?" The Emperor spoke disdainfully.

"Of course not." Tianling said, "Now the Great Wei Sihai has risen to peace and security, but His Majesty is asking in the palace test how to rule the world, Your Majesty cares about the world, and has not slacked off for a moment. ”

"What's more, the Heavenly Spirit is loyal, it's a pity to kill it."

"Your Majesty gambled with me more than ten years ago and gambled a full treasury, and now, does Your Majesty dare to gamble with me again?" The Heavenly Spirit raised his head and looked directly at the Emperor.

"What are you going to bet with me?" The emperor had already unconsciously begun to follow the words of the heavenly spirit.

The corners of Tianling's mouth raised, "With the identity of Jiang Qingliu, the third prince of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, I bet that I can assist His Majesty to complete the rule of a prosperous era!" ”

"Hmph, I'm not ashamed." The emperor snorted coldly, "Think you can rule the world by writing a few articles?" Or do you think that if you can do some business, you can enter the temple? ”

"Of course not." Tianling said, "But Tianling knows that managing the country is no different from recuperation, sick people, if they feel that their condition is slightly better, they need to be more cautious, if they violate the taboo in the process of recuperation, then they will definitely die, the same is true for governing the country, when the world is a little stable, especially need to be conscientious and cautious, I think this is why now the four seas are leveling the country and the people, and His Majesty is still trying to govern the world in this palace test." ”

"The state, city and country are formed by the convergence of people, and the most important thing in governing the country is to govern the people, and the most important thing in governing the people is the unity of the monarch and the ministers.

"What does this have to do with you?" After hearing this, the emperor was noncommittal and asked directly.

"If Your Majesty uses me in the court, there will never be such trouble." Tianling said, "In the final analysis, I am just an inner servant, and leaving Your Majesty is like a fish leaving water, so I will never betray Your Majesty." ”

"Do you think I lack a loyal minion?" The emperor raised his eyelids, "This answer is not enough. ”

The Emperor may not have even noticed it himself, but his initial anger had dissipated in such a conversation.

Tianling smiled, "Your Majesty's heart is like the sea, and Tianling will not shy away from taboos, and will tell all the ignorant opinions in his heart!" ”

"The foundation of peace, only in winning people, I have a great imperial examination, in order to select talents for the country, Tianling can learn to be recognized by all scholars, and the strategy is to be hand-picked by His Majesty, which is what outsiders can see, but what outsiders can't see, is Tianling has been loyal to His Majesty for more than ten years, from ancient times to the present, the best way to understand a person is to hand it over to time, Your Majesty may wish to see, whether Tianling has the ability to be in the court."

"In that case, I will test you." The emperor said, "Recently, there are two surnames of Yanzhou Cui and Lu, which have fallen in previous generations, but they still rely on the old prestige, like to boast and arrogant, known as scholars, whenever they marry their daughters to other families, they always have to ask for dowry finances, and more is more expensive, talking about dowry engagement, just like the merchants in the city, corrupting customs, messing up etiquette, and the door is not consistent with the facts, if it is you, what should you do?" ”

I'll test me, what's the analogy? I look down on the vendors in the city so much, don't use the money I earned! Tianling complained silently.

In his heart, he went through the situation of the clan gate valve of the Great Wei Dynasty, and then said, "Your Majesty, the root of this matter lies in the fact that the surnames Cui and Lu did not know how to check and converge after the defeat of the court, corrupted the customs and messed up the etiquette law, and then dealt with it in accordance with the etiquette that should be followed. This situation should not only be the Cui and Lu families, but also similar situations in other places. ”

"In the opinion of the heavenly spirit, the old gate valve clan relied on showing off their ancestors to extort money, and they only need to be graded according to the current official talents, and it is best to formulate a clan chronicle and list all the standards in it, so that not only can the clans such as Yanzhou Cui Lu be eliminated, but also can bring better glory to the upstarts of the imperial court, and more people are willing to be loyal to the imperial court."

These words were all said by Tianling after considering the current situation of Great Wei, because in the eyes of Tianling, the clan gate lords are the dregs of feudal society, and they are simply things that should not exist.

But if he said that, the emperor would probably screw his head off at once.

The Emperor nodded imperceptibly, "Clan Chronicles?" It's kind of interesting. ”

"Your Majesty, do you know how to rule the country according to law?" Heavenly Spirit asked.

"What do you mean?" The Emperor looked at the Heavenly Spirit Dao.

"When I was in the academy, my husband talked about self-cultivation and Qi family governing the country and leveling the world, and I was thinking, self-cultivation is a matter of self-cultivation, but what should I do if I can't restrain my behavior?"

"I asked my husband, and he said that there will be parents and elders to discipline him at home, and he will be restrained by him in the school."

I asked my husband what if my parents and elders neglected to discipline me. Mr. said, so everyone is different from each person, some people can control their own behavior, restrain their playful habits and study hard, they will grow into pillars of talent, some people are indulged in leisure, and finally lonely and nameless. ”

"At that time, I was thinking, whether it is myself or my parents and elders, this kind of constraint comes from people, and people are subject to change and uncertainty. Governing the country is like self-cultivation, if it is ruled by people, there will definitely be many variables, just like the two surnamed Yanzhou, they can't restrain their behavior, and it will break the folk customs and etiquette of the dynasty, but after the clan chronicles come out, the laws will govern their behavior. ”

"At that time, legislation and etiquette were the foundation of governing the country, and the most important thing here was justice and faithfulness."

"Go on!" The emperor came to the spirit.

"Your Majesty, my knee hurts." The Heavenly Spirit raised his eyes to look at the Emperor.

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"Come on, give the Jinke champion Jiang Qingliu a seat."

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