Dayan, Xuanzheng Palace.

The vermilion gate was closed.

The bronze incense burners on both sides emitted wisps of white mist.

Prime Minister Su Zhen stood on the soft red dragon stall, breathing heavily.

His eyes widened in disbelief.

The emperor gave Zhuge Liang an official position of the fourth grade, but he was not shocked.

But the emperor actually asked Zhuge Liang to temporarily take the post of prefect of Kyoto.

You know, the prefect of Kyoto is a feudal official, and he has real power.

Su Zhen sighed, he knew that since the holy decree had been promulgated, it could not be changed.

After all, you don't have any jokes.

Su Zhen calmed down his shock and continued to read the holy decree.

"For three months, after three months, I will personally check Zhuge Liang's political achievements."

"Qualified, turn into a regular and become the prefect of Kyoto."

"If you are not qualified, you will be dismissed from office and reinstated, and you will not be allowed to re-enter the officialdom for the rest of your life!"

After reading the holy decree, the hundred officials came back to their senses.

The faces of everyone in Nanshan were a little ugly, but they didn't say anything.

After all, at the end of the holy decree, it also gave them Nanshan face.

Three-month probationary period, qualified to regular.

If you are not qualified, you will not be an official for life.

In other words, Zhuge Liang did a good job and soared to the sky.

If you don't do it well, you will fall into the abyss.

The emperor's punishment must not be ruthless.

And the faces of the people in West Lake were full of excitement.

Zhuge Invincible took the lead in kneeling on his knees, and kowtowed three times to Tang Tingbai: "Thank you, old minister, Emperor Longen, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the West Lake officials knelt on their knees.

At the moment, they are willing.

Even Zhuge Liang knelt down.

He was excited, he didn't expect the emperor to value him so much, and he made him the acting prefect of Kyoto.

Although he is an agent, Zhuge Liang has confidence in himself and West Lake.

After all, the prefect of Kyoto is a feudal official, even if it is their West Lake, there are few of them.

The West Lake Power Group will definitely spare no effort to help him secure this position.

Tang Tingbai smiled with satisfaction: "Get up, Dayan is in ruins, as long as there are talented and capable people, I will be hired exceptionally." ”

After speaking, Tang Tingbai looked at Zhou Guangkun, the ministry hall.

"Zhou Butang, how is the matter of the imperial examination?"

Zhou Guangkun immediately took a step forward with a somewhat smug smile on his face.

During this time, he worked very hard as a minister, but all the hard work was worth it.

"Your Majesty, the students of Dayan have passed the government examinations of various provinces, and all of them have ended."

"Among them, 1,200 students from Kyoto Prefecture have passed the prefectural examination."

"Shandong Mansion, Hebei Mansion, Longyou Mansion, Henan Mansion, Shannan Mansion, Jiangnan Mansion, Lingnan Mansion, and Jiannan Mansion each have 1,000 students who have passed the government examination."

"Hedong Mansion has suffered heavy losses due to the war, and only 600 people have passed the government examination, so it is Hedong Mansion that deliberately reduced the difficulty of the exam."

"As for Goryeo Province, because it has just been occupied, the people are extremely hostile to the imperial court, although Goryeo Province has also reduced the difficulty of the exam, but only 400 students have passed the prefectural exam."

"Dayan Eleventh Prefecture, a total of 10,000 students have passed the government examination, and now all of them have come to Kyoto, waiting for tomorrow's Hanlin Academy assessment!"

Tang Tingbai nodded with some disappointment.

Dayan has a population of hundreds of millions, and there are at least millions of scholars.

But with so many scholars, only 10,000 people were able to pass the government examination in the end.

Too little, far from enough!

It seems that the world's scholars still don't trust the imperial court.

Only when the imperial examination is done well this time, then more students will participate in the next imperial examination.

Thinking of this, Tang Tingbai took a deep breath and said: "This imperial examination is the first imperial examination since I ascended the throne, I don't want any accidents, let alone fraud in the imperial examination, understand?" ”

Hearing this, the faces of all the civil and military officials changed.

"Wait for you to understand!"

Fraud in the imperial examination, there will be in every imperial examination.

After all, the major forces have some family descendants who come to take the exam, so they will naturally say hello and take care of them.

It's even an unwritten rule.

But Tang Tingbai actually directly singled out this kind of thing in front of them.

That means that the emperor doesn't mean to joke at all.

If they really dared to continue to cheat in the imperial examination, Tang Tingbai would really kill people.

Although Tang Tingbai has shown the side of Mingjun recently, no one will forget that the emperor in front of him is still the same tyrant he used to be, nothing has changed, he still kills people like hemp, and he still doesn't take human life seriously!

Scattered backwards.

Zhou Guangkun came to Su Zhen's side and whispered: "Prime Minister, the emperor has just banned fraud in the imperial examination, what should we do?" ”

Su Zhen sighed: "How many of our Nanshan students did you arrange this time?" ”

Zhou Guangkun smiled bitterly: "Among the 10,000 students, at least 5,000 people are from my Nanshan, and a few of them are the eldest sons of the family. ”

Su Zhen didn't speak.

After a long time, he slowly spoke: "Tell all the students in Nanshan that this imperial examination depends on their abilities." ”

Zhou Guangkun nodded, a little disappointed: "Hey, it seems that it can only be like this." ”

In Zhou Guangkun's opinion, Tang Tingbai is very capable, but he is a madman, a ruthless, and reckless madman!

On the other side, Cang Lei of the Criminal Department followed Zhuge Invincible's side.

"General, the emperor has explicitly forbidden fraud in the imperial examination, what should we do?"

Zhuge Invincible smiled: "Since the emperor doesn't allow it, let's not do it, and at the same time, all my students in West Lake, this year's imperial examination is good for each of them, and the emperor gave us a big cake of acting prefect in West Lake, so we have to be sensible, understand?" ”

Cang Lei also smiled: "Understand, the lower official will arrange it!" ”

……

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Tang Tingbai sat on the Taishi chair and drank the cold sour plum soup.

He looked at the map of the continent hanging on the wall, and kept thinking in his heart which small country he should fight next.

Originally, there were five vassal states around Dayan.

Goryeo, Dali, Western Xia, Annam, Ryukyu.

Now Goryeo has been destroyed and has become the capital of Dayan.

Which one to hit next?

In recent years, as Dayan's national power has gradually declined, several vassal states have not paid tribute for many years.

He even harassed the Dayan border from time to time to ask for some benefits.

Tang Tingbai touched his chin, picked up a brush and wrote a few lines on the white paper.

Outbred and close attack!

A vassal country that is far away from Dayan, make friends with it!

A vassal country that is relatively close to Dayan, blitzkrieg kills!!

Tang Tingbai fixed his eyes on the location of Western Xia on the map.

In recent years, the Western Xia repeatedly raided the border, killed the people of Dayan, and robbed Dayan of gold, silver and money.

That's it.

When the imperial examination is over, Tang Tingbai will take back another piece of military talisman, and he will personally lead the troops to destroy the Western Xia and fill in another place for Dayan.

It was at this moment that the voice of the system came.

"Dingdong, considering that 10,000 Dayan students have gathered in Kyoto."

"The system rewards the host with three king heroes."

"The three implanted identities are students from various provinces of Dayan, and the host needs to find it on its own."

"The system warmly reminds that one of them is older and has gray temples!"

Hearing the sound of the system, Tang Tingbai was a little excited, and then smiled bitterly.

Because the system rewarded three king heroes in one go, it was unprecedented.

But the three kings and heroes are hiding among the 10,000 students, how to find them?

Although it is not said to look for a needle in a haystack, it is not easy to find it!

Do you want he, the emperor, to personally approve the examination papers of 10,000 students?

A name to look for?

Tang Tingbai sighed, he thought of the system prompt just now.

One of the king's heroes is older, with gray temples.

Who is this hero?

Old Master?

Lian Po?

Jiang Ziya?