Chapter 53: Questions and Answers in the Court
At the end of the year, the top student in the national studies examination was released, and it was almost a celebration of the whole country, especially for Liu Yuehua, the wife of King Zhuge Ming, who was even more happy.
Why, because Liu Yong is his own brother, although Liu Yong does not learn and has no skills, he has climbed to a good husband, King Zhuge Ming, the commander in charge of the three armies.
Perhaps Liu Yong never thought that he would be able to enter the Hidden Dragon Palace in person to meet the saint one day, so he was still quite nervous at the moment.
But thinking that he has a good sister and a good brother-in-law as a backstage, what is there to be nervous, and after today, he will become a court official.
In order to avoid exposing the defects of his lack of ability, Liu Yuehua designed it for him, and applied to go to one side of the water and soil to be a prefect and county order, so that he could live a prosperous life for the rest of his life without worrying about anything.
Dongfang Jianxiong was looking at the exam questions in his hand, although his eyes did not touch Liu Yong who was kneeling on the ground, Liu Yong could still feel the powerful imperial might.
"Liu Yong, yes, his performance is not bad, and he should be rewarded with a heavy reward for answering all the test questions correctly. Dongfang Jianxiong's voice came faintly, and Liu Yong's expression turned red with excitement.
He almost prostrate and trembled: "Thank you, Lord Longen, the grass people will live up to the emperor's love." ”
These lines have been rehearsed countless times by him in advance, so there is no drag at the moment when he speaks, and the slightly humble and arrogant tone also makes many ministers nod their heads, and this son can win the first place in the national studies exam is worthy of the name.
"Well, according to the request, I will personally test you in the end, are you ready?" Dongfang Jianxiong's voice came faintly.
This is the last part of the national studies exam every year, the emperor's personal examination, but this examination is prepared in advance, there are a lot of questions written on a piece of paper, Dongfang Jianxiong casually takes the above questions to ask the person who wins the first place, as long as he can pass it, then the matter is completely decided.
Of course, Liu Yong was not afraid, because he had already memorized the question in Dongfang Jianxiong's hand, and no matter what Dongfang Jianxiong asked any of the above questions, he would answer them in the most fluent tone.
Standing not far from him, King Zhuge Ming is also full of pride, he has experienced this kind of thing several times, with his status in the court, as long as Liu Yong himself does not make mistakes, it is naturally impossible to have any problems, thinking that many officials and courtiers in the court are his own henchmen, King Zhuge Ming is a burst of joy.
It's just that the next scene made King Zhuge Ming's face suddenly change greatly, and the father-in-law next to Dongfang Jianxiong handed the test questions in his hand to Dongfang Jianxiong.
Dongfang Jianxiong took it and glanced at it, then threw the paper aside, and he suddenly said: "I ask you the first question, Baiyang County has a famine because of drought during this time, and the people's livelihood there is now a major problem, and hundreds of people can't even eat a mouthful of food, I ask you, if you are the local county magistrate, how will you deal with this problem?"
"Uh......" Many ministers raised their heads, including King Zhuge Ming, of course, on that piece of paper...... Obviously there is no such problem!
King Zhuge Ming knew that something was wrong when he saw Dongfang Jianxiong throw away the piece of paper, but at this moment, everyone was watching, and he really couldn't solve it, he just hoped that Liu Yong could fight a little, although he hadn't memorized this question, as long as you answered reasonably and properly, it could be recognized.
But at this time, Liu Yong's reaction was completely opposite to what King Zhuge Ming thought, and his body trembled almost subconsciously.
Then the beads of sweat on his face kept pouring out like beans, and he couldn't even say a word on his knees.
Maybe he might still say one, two, three, four in normal times, but in the face of Dongfang Jianxiong, coupled with the fact that this question was too different from the question he was backing, the instant nervousness made him almost lose his ability to think.
"Grass people, I'm ...... This ...... "He didn't think of how to answer this question accurately in his mind now, he was only constantly thinking about why the emperor didn't play according to the routine, why he didn't ask the questions he memorized.
King Zhuge Ming secretly prayed, don't look at me, don't recruit me out, as long as you can do this, I can at least keep you from dying, but King Zhuge Ming's wish was disappointed again, Liu Yong gently raised his head and cast a look at King Zhuge Ming for help.
"Liu Yong, what's the matter, can't you answer my question?" Dongfang Jianxiong's tone was already full of anger.
"No, no, it's just...... It's just that the grass people, who usually read poetry and books, are ...... I don't have the ability to deal with this kind of practical problem, so ......" Liu Yong stammered a lot, but King Zhuge Ming's face was even more ugly, didn't you push yourself to death?
Sure enough, Dongfang Jianxiong seemed to have a look of sudden realization, and he said: "Okay, then I won't test you for this kind of question, I will ask you again, when the Qianlong Empire was founded, Mr. Mo Feizi, who was beside the emperor at that time, proposed three major countermeasures to quickly stabilize the people's livelihood and people's feelings and quell the rebels and traitors, what are these three countermeasures?"
Where did Liu Yong know what the three countermeasures were, he only knew that there was really no such problem on that piece of paper, and Liu Yuehua and King Zhuge Ming did not explain to themselves how to deal with this kind of problem.
But Dongfang Jianxiong doesn't play cards according to common sense, how do you answer this, this is a hard answer, I just said that I read poetry and books, I can't answer this kind of question, don't you slap yourself in the face?
"Reading poetry and books, can't you answer this question?" Dongfang Jianxiong's beauty stood up, and the great dragon power burst out towards the entire True Dragon Hall.
"I ...... I ......" Liu Yong couldn't think of anything to deal with, of course he couldn't answer, because he hadn't studied much at all, and if he wanted to read poetry and books, would he still use Liu Yuehua to help him in this way?
"I ask you again, in the twenty years since the founding of the country, in what way did Mo Feizi quell the riots on the border?" asked Dongfang Jianxiong.
"I know this, I know this......" Liu Yong shouted almost subconsciously, you finally asked someone I know, because I have memorized this, he is the question on the piece of paper in your hand.
Mo Feizi mainly pacified the rebellion and quickly quelled it. Liu Yong read out the answer in his heart word for word.
Dongfang Jianxiong's face was expressionless, and he then asked a few more questions, half of which were originally scheduled questions, and half of them were randomly made up by himself, and sure enough, Liu Yong was able to answer the questions on the paper word for word, and he almost didn't know anything about the other questions he asked.
Dongfang Jianxiong basically lost his patience, he got up from the dragon chair, and his angry tone resounded through the hall like thunder: "You haven't read at all, you don't know anything, and even that test question was not written by yourself at all, I ask you, right?"
If there was no information, if there was no reminder from the mysterious person, he would still read all the questions in his hand according to the routine today, and then Liu Yong would be reused without any problem.
But it would be a disaster for such an uneducated person to be reused in any position, Dongfang Jianxiong couldn't imagine how many people had passed the previous National Studies Examination in this way, and how many ministers in the court helped these uneducated people to wear the official hat on their heads.
"The Emperor...... The emperor spared his life, and the grass people ...... I...... I can still answer a lot, I ......" Liu Yong said in a somewhat stiff tone, in fact, he doesn't have the slightest confidence now, as long as he is not a fool, he can probably understand what is going on, the question on the blank paper can be answered, Dongfang Jianxiong does not know any random questions, this cannot be a coincidence at all.
"That's because you already know the question in my hand in advance, and the answer is so familiar to you, do you say you can't answer it?" Dongfang Jianxiong said angrily.
Dongfang Jianxiong hit the nail on the head and hit the source of the problem, Liu Yong only felt that his body was stiff and his brain was blank, his nerves tensed instantly at this moment, and a stream of heat suddenly rushed out of his lower body, and he was actually scared to pee.
"Tell me who gave you all the information, including the title I have in hand. Dongfang Jianxiong asked coldly.
"Grass people, I'm ...... I ...... "Liu Yong didn't know how to answer, and perhaps this question was the most difficult compared to the previous question."
Do you want to recruit your sister, but if you don't recruit it, how do you know the answers to these questions?
"Don't you say yes, give me severe punishment!" Dongfang Jianxiong shouted angrily, at this moment he was really angry, all the courtiers were submissive and did not dare to make a sound, Dongfang Jianxiong seemed to have not lost his temper like this for a long time.
"I said, I said, it's my sister, my sister ......" Liu Yong couldn't help but hissed and said, he really couldn't stand Dongfang Jianxiong's threatening tone, and the word "torture" was basically equivalent to torture.
"Who is your sister?" asked Dongfang Jianxiong.
"Yes...... It's Liu Yuehua......" Liu Yong said weakly.
In fact, even if he says a name randomly, he can't get away with it, and Dongfang Jianxiong will definitely investigate this matter to the end.
This is not a trivial matter, this is the ultimate major event related to the future fate of the empire, Wen Renhe's matter has just come out, and now it is making such a fuss, how can Dongfang Jianxiong not be angry.
When Liu Yong said this word, almost everyone, including Dongfang Jianxiong, looked at King Zhuge Ming at the same time.
Liu Yuehua, isn't that the wife of King Zhuge Ming, if that's the case, then it makes sense that Liu Yong can get the first place in the national studies exam in advance.
"King Zhuge Ming, tell me, what's going on?" Dongfang Jianxiong returned to the dragon chair, his tone suddenly changed from the anger just now to flat.