Time flies, time flies.

In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

After half a year of competition, the first imperial examination finally ushered in the last hurdle, the palace examination!

There is only one day for the palace examination, which starts at the beginning of the day and is handed in at dusk.

After the exam, it was handed over to the ten examiners, who took turns to read it, and finally among all the papers, the 10 exam papers with the highest scores were selected and presented to the Emperor Ye Qingzhou.

After the emperor approves it, let these 10 students enter the palace, and the emperor himself will make questions, assess these 10 people, and finally select the champion, the list eye and the flower!

The rest who are not selected will be divided into jinshi.

This is Ye Qingzhou's assessment procedure after referring to the imperial examination system in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and then revising it.

Throne room.

Ye Qingzhou sat on the dragon chair and patiently looked at the ten exam papers presented.

I have to say that these people are worthy of being students who have fought among hundreds of thousands of people, and they are basically full of wealth.

He has his own unique views on national policies, some reform plans and people's livelihood.

Of course, Ye Qingzhou wants to select talents, not just from these ten people.

He will also recruit students step by step according to their backgrounds and scores in scientific examinations, and try to make the best use of them.

After all, some students themselves are very knowledgeable, but it is understandable that they did not do well in the exam on the spot.

Ye Qingzhou patiently looked at the exam papers presented.

When he flipped to one of the exam papers, his eyes froze.

At the top, there is a student's name: Zeng Shushu.

"Is that Zeng Shushu from Qingyunmen?" Ye Qingzhou's eyebrows were lightly raised.

He looked at the minister below and said:

"Go and bring this student Zeng Shushu over to see me."

Although the minister in charge of the palace examination below had doubts in his heart, he still answered 'yes'.

After a short time, a young man followed the minister into the Jinluan Palace.

The young man was dressed in a green robe, with extraordinary facial features, black hair like a waterfall, and eyes as bright as stars in the sky.

He arched his hand and said indifferently: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Ye Qingzhou looked at the young man and said, "You are Zeng Shushu?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Why don't you kneel when you see me?"

Zeng Shushu was detached and said:

"We scholars, kneeling to the sky and kneeling to our parents, but there is no reason to kneel to the emperor of the world."

When the ministers in the Jinluan Palace heard this, their faces changed and they shouted:

"Bold, Your Majesty rules thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and everyone in the world is Your Majesty's courtiers, and if you don't kneel when you see Your Majesty, you are openly provoking the court!"

When Zeng Shushu heard this, his eyes were not much panicked, but he smiled slightly:

"Your Majesty, the wise one, has always set his sights on ruling the world and improving people's livelihood, and only a faint monarch will care about red tape."

When a group of ministers heard this rebellious remark, their faces turned red and they refuted!

In an instant, the entire court was noisy one after another, like a vegetable market.

"Silence!"

Ye Qingzhou waved his hand, and only when the noise stopped did he speak:

"It's not a big deal, and you don't have to pursue it too much."

After a pause, he stared at Zeng Shushu and said:

"However, I am very curious, Qingyunmen has always been detached from the world and has never intervened in the affairs of the court."

"You, the son of the first seat of the Qingyunmen Wind Returning Peak, what do you want to do this time to participate in my scientific expedition in Great Xia?"

Hearing this, Zeng Shushu's tone changed, and he coughed dryly:

"Well, this, I think Your Majesty has recognized the wrong person."

However, after all, he was not scheming, and all kinds of expressions were written on his face.

Seeing this, Ye Qingzhou was even more sure that this person was Zeng Shushu of Qingyunmen.

For this Zeng Shushu, Ye Qingzhou has some impressions.

He is extremely talented, he has always been well-read and knowledgeable, and his strength is also ranked first among the younger generation of disciples of Qingyunmen.

In the original work, he also helped Zhang Xiaofan three times, and he is quite a righteous person.

Ye Qingzhou said lightly:

"Don't be nervous, I don't care about your identity, as long as you have the talent to govern the world and devote yourself to the people, rather than seeking benefits for your own sect, I will naturally treat you equally."

"However, I just don't know if your father agrees with you joining the court."

Zeng Shushu scratched his head, knowing that Ye Qingzhou had recognized his identity, but he no longer concealed it, and said calmly:

"I came to participate in the scientific expedition this time completely out of my own will, and I participated in it without telling my father."

"However, I traveled the world before and found that the people are suffering, and I do have the intention to change this status quo, not for my own sect."

Ye Qingzhou nodded slightly:

"Then you can go back and report to your father first, and I can appoint you as the champion of this year, and reserve your official position for the time being."

"Later, I will personally write a letter to your father, and I believe that he will agree to your appointment in the imperial court."

"In this sect in the world, only you Qingyunmen can always not interfere in the affairs of the court, and occasionally send disciples to relieve the suffering of the common people, this is what you are doing with decency, I am deeply grateful."

Zeng Shushu made a salute:

"Your Majesty has won the prize."

Ye Qingzhou waved his hand and said:

"Alright, you wait by the side, and I will write to you later."

Next, Ye Qingzhou met with other candidates one by one, and personally assessed them.

These candidates have extraordinary knowledge, and they can answer Ye Qingzhou's questions fluently, which is well deserved.

Of course, if you want to really accept the appointment, you still need to pass Ye Qingzhou's soul search.

He didn't want the talents he had cultivated to be traitors from other sects.

"In the future, there will be more and more of these people, but it is impossible to search for souls one by one, and we need to think of a way." Ye Qingzhou secretly wondered.

In this world, because of the existence of cultivators, the domination of the imperial dynasty has always been very weak.

Many policies and infrastructure are lacking or imperfect, and policies need to be introduced slowly to fill in and improve.

"It seems that the matter of household registration and ID card has to be put on the agenda, so as not to encounter something similar to Zeng Shushu in the future."

With a hukou and ID card, you can also better manage the people and avoid someone hiding their identity and sneaking into the imperial court.

However, this is a very large work, and it can only be slowly promoted city by city.

Fortunately, Ye Qingzhou has more time now.

A day later, the temple examination was announced.

The first imperial examination has finally come to an end.

A month later, these selected talents were arranged to go to various places for posting, which was also a kind of training for them.

On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I never know that I have to do it.

Only after being tempered can you become the talent of governing the world that the imperial court really needs.

After a few days, Zeng Shushu finally got the permission of his father, Zeng Shuchang, to come to the imperial court to serve.

Ye Qingzhou was not too surprised by this, after all, he promised them the places of the three alchemy departments of Qingyun Sect in the letter.

Alchemy is not a big help to this world.

This is a magic technique that can improve the overall strength of a sect!

"With this relationship, when I have time, maybe I can also go to Qingyunmen." Ye Qingzhou secretly wondered.

He has now obtained the first volume of the Book of Heaven and the second volume of the Book of Heaven.

He hadn't gotten the remaining three volumes yet, because the location of these three volumes was a bit tricky.

The third volume of the Book of Heaven, located in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, needs to wait for time to open, and there is no way to obtain it for the time being.

The fourth volume of the Book of Heaven is located in Tianyin Temple, where the wordless jade wall is also the important place of Tianyin Temple, and Ye Qingzhou is not easy to break through.

As for the last volume, it is the Zhuxian Sword of Qingyunmen, which is the treasure of Qingyunmen, and it is not easy to get it.

Ye Qingzhou's current plan is still slowly unfolding, and it is not appropriate to make a big move.

Of course, he wasn't in too much of a hurry.

These books are nothing more than a bag.

Wait for a while, and when the opportunity is right, he will naturally take it all.

……

Half a month later.

The old man came to the Jinluan Palace, bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, as you expected, that three-tailed demon fox really appeared in the Black Stone Cave and killed a few hunters who were chasing her!"

Ye Qingzhou nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Sure enough, it appeared!

Ever since the Incense Valley had sent people to assassinate him, he had sent people with various monitoring instruments to closely monitor the Incense Valley's every move.

Learned that they have been searching for the whereabouts of Xuanhuo Jian recently!

If you master the power of Xuanhuojian, you can summon the Eight Desolation Fire Dragons and burn everything in the world.

Incense Valley also wants to rely on the power of the Eight Desolation Fire Dragons to become the head of the world's decency.

Ye Qingzhou naturally knew that this Xuanhuo Jian was in the hands of a three-tailed demon fox of the Sky Fox clan at this moment.

In the original work, this three-tailed demon fox was chased and killed by the protagonist Zhang Xiaofan and others, and finally martyred another seriously injured six-tailed demon fox.

Xuanhuojian naturally fell into the hands of Zhang Xiaofan.

The location where they fought fiercely was in the Black Stone Cave.

However, Ye Qingzhou had been there once before, but he didn't find the three-tailed demon fox.

So I can only send someone to watch over there for the time being, waiting for the three-tailed demon fox to appear.

He also wanted to see what kind of power this Xuanhuo Jian had, and it had the power to destroy heaven and earth.

Ye Qingzhou didn't delay much, directly opened the space passage, and arrived at a small forest near the Black Stone Cave.

The trees are tall and leafy, and there is a faint mist in the air.

As soon as he appeared, a soft and poignant woman's voice came from the forest in the distance:

"Komatsuoka, the moon is like frost,

People are like fluttering flowers, and they are also hurt.

Ten years, three thousand years,

I hope we will not forget each other. ”

Ye Qingzhou's eyes moved, and he followed the sound to the depths of the woods.

I saw a very feminine woman in front of me, dressed in white, standing next to an ancient well.

The faint moonlight fell and hit her body, lining her as soft as water.

The woman looked at Ye Qingzhou, as if she was not surprised at all, and said softly:

"Are you here to kill me too?"

Ye Qingzhou said:

"I'm just here to get something."

"What's that?"

"Xuanhuo Jian!"

The woman laughed softly, and her voice became fierce:

"For this thing, our entire clan has almost been wiped out, do you think, I will give it to you?"

"Give it or not, it's not up to you, the little demon fox, to have the final say."

Ye Qingzhou smiled slightly, a big golden hand reached out, and suddenly grabbed the woman.

Feeling such a powerful mana fluctuation, the woman's face changed, and the demonic power surged.

Bursts of incense mist filled the air, carrying a soul power, which was the fox charm of their demon fox clan.

However.

How could this force resist Ye Qingzhou's attack, and it was destroyed in an instant.

The woman was shocked, she didn't expect Ye Qingzhou to be so powerful.

Gritting her teeth, she took out something from her bosom that looked like a mirror but not a mirror, and held it high.

"Boom!"

The thing burst into flames, spewing out an invisible aura.

In an instant, all the plants and trees in a few feet of land became charred yellow.

Ye Qingzhou felt the breath in it, his palm paused slightly, and his eyes showed a look of extreme surprise:

"This is, the breath of Samadhi True Fire?!"