Chapter Ninety-Eight: Entering the Palace and Facing the Saint

As for the third question, Emperor Wen asked about the current international situation, the threat of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Cadres has always accompanied the Wen State, as the monarch of the Wen State, how to deal with such a situation?

Zhou Yu read the title and sighed helplessly, this old emperor really threw the mess on him!

But he is the Son of Heaven, and his power is all over the world, and a slight movement of a finger can make him crushed, so Zhou Yu had no choice but to write down his opinions on paper.

About an hour later, Zhou Yu walked out with the test paper that had been answered. He yawned, then handed his answer sheet to Chen Ruolan and said, "In the future, you don't need to call me in a hurry for this kind of thing, just come to the house to find me, it won't take long anyway." I'm going to oversee the work, you guys talk first!"

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he turned around and left in a dashing manner.

Chen Ruolan looked at the answer sheet that was full of writing, and her eyes looked at Zhou Yu's back became very complicated.

"Show me what he's written!" Chen Jin snatched the answer sheet and opened it to read.

Who knew that the more he looked behind, the deeper his brow wrinkled, and before he could finish the answer sheet, he slapped the answer sheet on the table and said, "What is this thing he wrote? That's nonsense!"

Chen Ruolan saw that he was suddenly excited, and she also picked up the answer sheet to read it. Seeing a certain place, Chen Ruolan also frowned like Chen Jin, but she always felt that there must be some truth behind this seemingly ridiculous answer that she didn't quite understand, so she put away the answer sheet and said, "How well this answer is, let's leave it to my father to judge!"

After speaking, Chen Ruolan hurried back to the palace.

"Father, Zhou Yu has finished answering, please review it!" Chen Ruolan handed the answer sheet to Lin Chun, who then handed it to Emperor Wen.

"How fast? Didn't I give you this question early this morning? That Zhou Yu answered all the test questions in half a day?" Emperor Wen asked in some surprise, he thought that Zhou Yu would take a day or two to finish it, but he didn't expect that the test paper would be handed back after only half a day.

"Father, it only took Zhou Yu an hour to finish answering this question!" Chen Ruolan replied.

"An hour? Is this guy perfunctory? What a guts!" Emperor Wen didn't open the test paper, and anger had already bubbled up.

Lin Chun saw that Emperor Wen Long Yan was furious, and stepped forward to comfort: "Your Majesty, let's read the test paper first, in case this person really has the talent of the heavens and the earth, wouldn't he be buried for no reason?"

"Humph! Even if you are the champion of the dynasty, you can't answer this question in an hour!" Emperor Wen was still scolding in his mouth, but his hand had already opened the test paper.

Emperor Wen looked at the poems from the beginning, and after reading the poems, he felt extremely amazing, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Good! What a "toast to invite the bright moon, the shadow into a trio"! I can't imagine that this person has such a feeling at such a young age, rare, rare!"

Lin Chun saw that Emperor Wen's anger subsided, and silently stood aside.

After reading the poem, Emperor Wen immediately read the words again.

"If life is only as it was first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan? A dignified man, but he has a deep understanding of the little woman's thoughts, and I don't know what kind of adventures he has......" Emperor Wen muttered.

Speaking of this, Chen Ruolan simply empathized, she didn't expect that Zhou Yu, who was flying and domineering on weekdays, would have such a delicate side.

Now there's the point: policy.

Emperor Wen looked at Zhou Yu's dumb riddle, and a smile appeared on his face that could not see the emotion, but he didn't say anything.

Next up is the question of disaster relief.

Emperor Wen read Zhou Yu's answer, the expression on his face became more and more displeased, and then he held back his anger and said: "This Zhou Yu is really a good helper for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the imperial court allocated grain and grass for disaster relief, he actually said that let the officials in the disaster area put some sediment in the porridge and rice for disaster relief, isn't this let the people of the world scold me?" It just doesn't make sense!"

Not only him, Chen Ruolan was also puzzled why Zhou Yu would propose such an outrageous method.

When Lin Chun heard this, he stepped forward again and said, "Your Majesty, according to what the old slave has seen, this person's disaster relief method is not only not wrong, but it is very appropriate!"

Emperor Wen's father and daughter listened to this

All of them looked at Lin Chun incredulously and asked, "Why is this?"

"Back to Your Majesty, before the old slave entered the palace, there were several famines in his hometown, and that scene was really starving for thousands of miles, floating corpses everywhere, miserable! At that time, not to mention the grain, even the bark of the tree was gnawed away! The people fleeing the famine are hungry, and they will not hesitate to stuff anything into their mouths as long as it can fill their stomachs!" Lin Chun recalled this past, and he was still a little sad in his heart.

"Didn't the imperial court allocate food for disaster relief?" Emperor Wen asked. At that time, he had not yet inherited the throne, but was only one of many princes, and rarely left the capital. Naturally, I don't know much about the affairs of the people at the bottom.

"In such a natural disaster, the imperial court will naturally allocate relief food, but before it has been sent to the disaster area, the people above will eat and take this life-saving food. I am afraid that there will be no one in the grain depot that can actually be delivered to the disaster area!" Lin Chun replied.

"These dog officials are so greedy and pervert the law and disregard people's lives!" Emperor Wen was so angry that he stood up from the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, if Zhou Yu follows the plan Zhou Yu said and adds mud and sand to the food for disaster relief, those who are full all day long will naturally not look down on such inferior food, but for the people who have been affected by the disaster, this is life-saving food! I am afraid that this is the only way to truly use this food for disaster relief, and not to be withheld by those with bad intentions!" Lin Chun said with a firm gaze, he knew the difficulties of the people after experiencing the life at the bottom.

"But what did he say later, because the victims couldn't even eat enough, so how could they have the strength to do any work?" Emperor Wen finally accepted Zhou Yu's plan to add mud and sand in the rice, but questioned another method.

At this time, Chen Ruolan, who was waiting on the side, spoke: "Father, the son feels that Zhou Yu's method seems to have some truth......

"Why?"

"Erchen has read his argument, and Zhou Yu's meaning is probably that after the initial disaster relief food is distributed, those who have the ability to work can no longer be allowed to lie down and wait for food, but let them work for the imperial court. Even if you build walls and dig ditches, you have to live with your own hands, which is much better than endlessly allocating relief food!"

"What Her Royal Highness the Princess said is that this method can stabilize the situation in the disaster area, so that the victims of the disaster can earn from their labor, and there will be no further incidents. With work to do, these people will no longer wander around all day and become a hidden danger that affects the stability of the region!" Lin Chun echoed.

Emperor Wen thought for a while and said, "I didn't expect this kid to really have two brushes, but I underestimated him!"

"I have a young talent in Wenguo, and the old slave congratulates Your Majesty!"

"Let me see again......" Emperor Wen said noncommittally.

The last question is about international relations.

Emperor Wen looked at the answers on the test paper, looked at Chen Ruolan with a strange face and said, "Ruolan, you go and bring this person to see me immediately, there must be no mistake!" If you don't comply, you will be dealt with according to the protest order!"

"Yes!" Chen Ruolan didn't know why Emperor Wen was suddenly excited, but she could only follow Emperor Wen's instructions.

"What? Enter the palace to face the saint? Is there a mistake?" Zhou Yu was taken aback by Chen Ruolan's words.

"This is my father's dictation, do you want to resist the decree?"

"Why do you keep finding me......" Zhou Yu muttered and followed Chen Ruolan away.

"Grass people Zhou Yu, knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Although extremely reluctant, when he entered the palace, Zhou Yu still had to salute in a proper manner.

"No excuses!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Zhou Yu, I heard that you have the ability to strategize, and you have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, but is there such a thing?" Emperor Wen asked.

"Your Majesty said with a smile, how can the grass people have such talents?" In front of the emperor, Zhou Yu didn't dare to talk casually.

"You and Chen Jin run Juxian Building in Luozhou, and in just a few months, you have become the largest merchant in Luozhou City, doesn't that mean that you are exceptional?" Emperor Wen asked.

"Your Majesty praises falsely, the grass people can stand in Luozhou, all thanks to the help of His Royal Highness King Yu. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid the grass people would have been eaten by those people long ago!"

Emperor Wen didn't dwell too much on this question, and instead asked, "I have summoned you here today

, mainly because of this paper test question. In particular, you wrote at the end that if we want to achieve true peace, we must rule the world, why is that?"

"Your Majesty, according to the humble opinion of the grass people, the situation today seems to be uneventful, but in fact it is changing rapidly. Qian, Wei and I have had a grudge for a long time, so there is no need to say more. The Liang Kingdom in the west seems to be better than our Wen Kingdom, but the core is still the reason why the Wen and Liang countries jointly embrace the Hexi Corridor. If this choke point is lost, then Tubo will inevitably invade the Central Plains, and then the country will be in danger! If you want to be stable, it is impossible to seek peace, you can only rule the world!" Zhou Yu said eloquently.

"As you see it, where does the domination of the world begin?" Emperor Wen continued to ask.

"The world is unified, those who do not have sharp weapons cannot do it, and those who do not have the right time and place cannot do it! In order to accomplish the great cause of reunification, it is necessary to first solve the outstanding problems in the country, and only when the treasury is full and the grain and grass are sufficient can we raise a large army to march. In this first battle, it is necessary to destroy the Wei State with a quick battle, so that the northern territory will return to tranquility, and the Qianguo will lose the knife that stabbed my Dawen in the back. As for this second war, it is necessary to first disintegrate the economy of the Qianguo country, and then send people to infiltrate the Qianguo before the war, so as to make the Qianguo country unstable, and our civilian army can advance only then. Jiangnan is an important town in the Qianguo, and the land battle of the Qianguo army is not as good as our Dawen army, but the Yangtze River is the natural defense line of the Qianguo, and the two armies of the civil and Qianguo will inevitably start a decisive battle on this Yangtze River moat. Of course, if our civilian army can have some special tactics, the cadre army will definitely collapse!" qδ

"What tactics?" Emperor Wen was listening attentively, but Zhou Yu stopped, how could he stand this?

"Send elite soldiers and strong generals, infiltrate the cadres, and assassinate the commander of the cadre army in the account. Taking advantage of the fact that the cadres and troops were leaderless, our army crossed the river, and as soon as the south of the Yangtze River was broken, the treasury of the Qianguo State would be in our hands. The monarch of the Qianguo Kingdom just wants to fight it, and it is also a grasshopper after the autumn, and it won't be long before he jumps."

"Send an assassin? The commanders of the three armies must be in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the defense is so tight that it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to get close to the sky, let alone assassinate them!" Emperor Wen felt that Zhou Yu's words were not feasible.

"Your Majesty, what if our men could kill the opposing commander from ten feet away?" Zhou Yu asked.

"The big tent of the Chinese army is the throat of the three armies, and it is extremely tightly guarded, even if you use feather arrows, it is impossible to kill the enemy commander."

"The feather arrow is too unsafe, and the grass people have a divine object, only as big as a fragrant pear, and when thrown, it will make a thunderous sound, which can kill people within a radius of three zhang into an invisible ......," Zhou Yu said.

"There are such artifacts? Hurry up and bring it in!" Emperor Wen couldn't wait to say.

"Back to Your Majesty, this thing is so dangerous that even the grass people have only made his prototype. Due to the cost of a lot, the grass people had to stop research......" Zhou Yu began to fight the emperor's money again.

"Go ahead and make a sample for me to see, and if it's as powerful as you say, the treasury will fund your research!" Emperor Wen said excitedly.